[608] "Knowing moderation in food" (bhojane mattaññū): there is moderation in food (mattaññutā); there is immoderation in food.
Therein, what is immoderation in food? Here someone, without reflection, unwisely takes food: for amusement, for intoxication, for adornment, for beautification. The non-contentment, the immoderation, the non-reflection with regard to food therein — this is called immoderation in food.
Therein, what is moderation in food? Here someone, reflecting wisely (paṭisaṅkhā yoniso), takes food: neither for amusement, nor for intoxication, nor for adornment, nor for beautification, but only for the stability of this body, for its maintenance, for the ending of affliction, for assisting the holy life (brahmacariya): "Thus I shall terminate the old feeling (vedanā) and shall not arouse a new feeling; and there will be for me continuance, blamelessness, and dwelling at ease." The contentment, the moderation, the reflection with regard to food therein — this is called moderation in food.
One is endowed with … possessed of this moderation in food. Therefore one is called "knowing moderation in food."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.