Then Sudinna, the Kalandaka, said: "My parents do not consent to my going forth from home into homelessness." So he lay down on the bare ground and said: "I will die here, or go forth." Then Sudinna, the Kalandaka, did not eat one meal, Txor did he eat two meals, nor did he eat three meals, nor did he eat four meals, nor did he eat five meals, nor did he eat six meals, nor did he eat seven meals.^ And then the parents of Sudinna, the Kalandaka, spoke thus to him: