[299] Then indeed, sirs, at a later time, when only a short while had passed, a severe illness arose in Puṇṇamukha the spotted cuckoo (pussakokila): bloody dysentery (lohitapakkhandikā) set in, and grievous feelings (vedanā), verging on death, prevailed. Then indeed, sirs, this thought occurred to the young hen-birds (dijakaññā) who were the attendants of Puṇṇamukha the spotted cuckoo: "This Puṇṇamukha the spotted cuckoo is ill; perhaps he may recover from this illness." Forsaking him, alone and without a second, they approached the bird Kuṇāla. The bird Kuṇāla saw those young hen-birds coming from afar; and having seen them, he said to those young hen-birds: "But where, you wretched women, is your husband?" "Friend Kuṇāla, Puṇṇamukha the spotted cuckoo is ill; perhaps he may recover from that illness." When this was said, the bird Kuṇāla reviled those young hen-birds thus: "Perish, you wretched women! Be destroyed, you wretched women! Thieves, rogues, unchaste women, fickle-minded, making no requital for what has been done for you, going wherever you please like the wind!" So saying, he approached Puṇṇamukha the spotted cuckoo; and having approached, he said to Puṇṇamukha the spotted cuckoo: "Ho, friend Puṇṇamukha!" "Ho, friend Kuṇāla!" Then indeed, sirs, the bird Kuṇāla, taking hold of Puṇṇamukha the spotted cuckoo with his wings and with his beak, raised him up and made him drink various medicines. Then indeed, sirs, that illness of Puṇṇamukha the spotted cuckoo subsided.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.