[1204] "It is well with us indeed, brahmin; and, brahmin, we are free from illness;
and we sustain ourselves by gleaning; and roots and fruits are plentiful.
Moreover, gadflies and mosquitoes, and creeping things too, are but few;
in this forest thronged with beasts of prey, no harm has befallen me.
While we have dwelt these seven months in the wilderness, living in sorrow,
this is but the second time we behold a brahmin of divine appearance,
who has taken up a staff of beluva wood and bears a mantle of antelope hide.
Welcome to you, great brahmin; truly your coming is no unwelcome coming.
Enter within, good sir; and wash your feet.
Tinduka fruits and piyāla fruits, madhuka and kāsamārī fruits —
fruits sweet as honey: eat, brahmin, of the choicest, the very best.
This drinking water too is cool, brought from a mountain grotto;
drink of it, great brahmin, if you so desire.
But now, for what reason, or indeed for what cause,
have you come to this vast forest? Tell me that, now that you are asked."
[Variant note 1: The Burmese edition reads "vivasāne"; so in every occurrence.]
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.