諸經要集 5.43

5.43

"Temples and hair white as snow, / Long eyebrows drooping and covering their eyes, / Skin wrinkled like waves, / Their backs bent like bows. / Holding walking sticks in both hands, / They received the invitation in sequence, / Their whole bodies shaking and trembling, / Unsteady in their walking and standing, / Just like white poplar trees / Swaying with the wind. / Seeing these men, the dānapati / Joyfully invited them to enter and sit. / After they had been seated for a short while, / They returned to their youthful forms. / The dānapati said in astonishment and fear: / 'Such signs of advanced age / Have changed back into youthful bodies, / As if having taken an elixir of youth! / How has this come about?'"