[62] One who respectfully gives rice-gruel (yāgu) at the proper time
to the restrained, who eat food given by others,
furnishes ten things (ṭhānāni) upon that recipient.
Life-span, beauty, happiness, strength,
and eloquence arise for him from that;
it dispels hunger and thirst, drives away wind,
cleanses the bladder, and digests food.
This has been praised by the Sugata as a medicine.
Therefore, indeed, a person who desires happiness,
or who aspires to heavenly pleasures,
or who wishes for the finest of human splendor,
should certainly always give rice-gruel.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.