[61] Then the Blessed One, having dwelt at Bārāṇasī for as long as he wished, set out on tour toward Andhakavinda together with a great Saṅgha of bhikkhus, twelve hundred and fifty bhikkhus. Now at that time the people of the countryside, having loaded much salt, oil, husked rice, and hard food onto carts, followed close behind the Saṅgha of bhikkhus headed by the Buddha, thinking, "When we get our turn, then we shall make a meal"; and there were also some five hundred eaters of leftovers (vighāsāda).
Then the Blessed One, walking on tour by stages, arrived at Andhakavinda. Then it occurred to a certain brahmin who was not getting his turn: "For more than two months now I have been following the Saṅgha of bhikkhus headed by the Buddha, thinking, 'When I get my turn, then I shall make a meal,' yet my turn is not obtained. I am alone, and much of my household business is being lost. What if I were to look over the refectory, and whatever is not present in the refectory, that I would prepare?" Then that brahmin, looking over the refectory, did not see two things: rice gruel (yāgu) and honey-balls (madhugoḷaka).
Then that brahmin approached the Venerable Ānanda; having approached, he said this to the Venerable Ānanda: "Here, good Ānanda, as I was not getting my turn, it occurred to me: 'For more than two months now I have been following the Saṅgha of bhikkhus headed by the Buddha, thinking, "When I get my turn, then I shall make a meal," yet my turn is not obtained. I am alone, and much of my household business is being lost. What if I were to look over the refectory, and whatever is not present in the refectory, that I would prepare?' So I, good Ānanda, looking over the refectory, did not see two things: rice gruel and honey-balls. If, good Ānanda, I were to prepare rice gruel and honey-balls, would the honored Gotama accept them from me?"
"Well then, brahmin, I shall ask the Blessed One." Then the Venerable Ānanda reported this matter to the Blessed One. "Well then, Ānanda, let him prepare them." "Well then, brahmin, prepare them."
Then that brahmin, when that night had passed, having had abundant rice gruel and honey-balls prepared, presented them to the Blessed One: "May the honored Gotama accept from me the rice gruel and honey-balls." "Well then, brahmin, give them to the bhikkhus." The bhikkhus, being scrupulous, did not accept them. "Accept them, bhikkhus, and eat."
Then that brahmin, having with his own hand served and satisfied the Saṅgha of bhikkhus headed by the Buddha with abundant rice gruel and honey-balls, when the Blessed One had washed his hands and withdrawn his hand from the bowl, sat down to one side. As that brahmin sat to one side, the Blessed One said this to him: "Brahmin, there are these ten benefits of rice gruel. What are the ten? One giving rice gruel gives life, gives beauty, gives happiness, gives strength, gives quick-wittedness (paṭibhāṇa); rice gruel, when drunk, dispels hunger, allays thirst, regulates the wind, cleanses the bladder, and digests the undigested remnants of food. These, brahmin, are the ten benefits of rice gruel."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.