Sāriputtasuttaniddesa

Suttapiṭaka · Khuddakanikāya · Mahāniddesa · Vol. 29 · Section 957

[957] **"What shall I eat?"** — in the phrase "What shall I eat? Or where shall I eat?" — means: What shall I eat — boiled rice (odana), sour milk-gruel (kummāsa), parched-grain meal (sattu), fish, or meat? Hence, "What shall I eat?" **"Or where shall I eat?"** means: Where shall I eat — in a family of khattiyas (warrior-rulers), in a family of brahmins, in a family of vessas (merchants and farmers), or in a family of suddas (labourers and servants)? Hence, "What shall I eat? Or where shall I eat?"

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.