sn22.89:1.1 At one time several senior mendicants were staying near Kosambī in Ghosita’s monastery.
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sn22.89:1.2 Now at that time Venerable Khemaka was staying in the Jujube Tree Monastery, and he was sick, suffering, gravely ill.
sn22.89:1.3 In the late afternoon those senior mendicants came out of retreat and addressed Venerable Dāsaka,
sn22.89:1.4 “Please, Reverend Dāsaka, go to the mendicant Khemaka and say to him:
sn22.89:1.5 ‘Reverend Khemaka, the seniors
sn22.89:1.6 hope you’re keeping well; they hope you’re all right. They hope your pain is fading, not growing; that its fading is evident, not its growing.’”
sn22.89:1.7 “Yes, reverends,” replied Dāsaka. He went to Khemaka and said to him:
sn22.89:1.8 “Reverend Khemaka, the seniors
sn22.89:1.9 hope you’re keeping well; they hope you’re all right. They hope your pain is fading, not growing; that its fading is evident, not its growing.”
sn22.89:1.10 “Reverend, I’m not keeping well, I’m not getting by. My pain is terrible and growing, not fading; its growing is evident, not its fading.”