[2254] By its branches a tree obtains its designation;
but one that has lost its branches they call a stump.
Today, good lady, for me whose sons are gone,
#1 M (Burmese ed.): abhuttabhoge. 2 M (Burmese ed.): paṭikacca; Sī (Sinhalese ed.): paṭigacca.
Vāseṭṭhī, it is the time for wandering for alms (bhikkhācariyā).
[Translator's note: the numbered line is the Siam Raṭṭha page apparatus recording variant readings; the words concerned (abhuttabhoge; paṭikacca/paṭigacca) do not occur in this verse but in adjacent verses on the same page.]
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.