[889] "I tremble like a tree that is being cut down;
bewildered in perception (saññā), I do not know the direction;
I am tormented with fear — great is my fear —
having heard the verses (gāthā) spoken by you, O sage.
As the midst of the waters when all is ablaze,
as an island amid the flood in the ocean,
as a light in the darkness,
so are you our refuge, O sage.
Instruct me, O sage, in the good (attha) and in the Dhamma;
assuredly, in the past, wrong has been done by me.
Declare to me, Nārada, the path of purity (suddhimagga),
so that I may not fall into hell (niraya)."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.