[345] "I desire growth in learning (sutavuḍḍhi) for myself,
and that the peaceful, good persons (santo sappurisā) should keep company with me;
like the great ocean with the streams that flow into it,
I am never sated, dear father, with what is well spoken (subhāsita).
As a fire burning grass and wood is not sated,
as the sea is not sated by the rivers,
even so those wise men, O best of kings,
having heard, are not sated with what is well spoken.
When I hear a verse (gāthā) full of meaning[4]
from my own slave, O lord of men,
I attend to that very verse with respect;
for, dear father, there is for me no satiety in dhammas."
[Variant readings, Siam Raṭṭha apparatus: 1. Sī., Yu.: sahassiyo. 2. Ma.: nahimā gāthā. 3. Ma.: bhaveyya. 4. Sī., Yu.: gāthā ahaṃ atthavatī.]
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.