Dighanikaya 2.183

2.183

Yathā te khameyyāti yathā te rucceyya. Dāsoti antojātadhanakkītakaramarānītasāmaṃdāsabyopagatānaṃ aññataro. Kammakāroti analaso kammakaraṇasīloyeva. Dūrato disvā paṭhamameva uṭṭhahatīti pubbuṭṭhāyī. Evaṃ uṭṭhito sāmino āsanaṃ paññapetvā pādadhovanādikattabbakiccaṃ katvā pacchā nipatati nisīdatīti pacchānipātī. Sāmikamhi vā sayanato avuṭṭhite pubbeyeva vuṭṭhātīti pubbuṭṭhāyī. Paccūsakālato paṭṭhāya yāva sāmino rattiṃ niddokkamanaṃ, tāva sabbakiccāni katvā pacchā nipatati, seyyaṃ kappetīti pacchānipātī. Kiṃ karomi, kiṃ karomīti evaṃ kiṃkārameva paṭisuṇanto vicaratīti kiṃ kārapaṭissāvī. Manāpameva kiriyaṃ karotīti manāpacārī. Piyameva vadatīti piyavādī. Sāmino tuṭṭhapahaṭṭhaṃ mukhaṃ ullokayamāno vicaratīti mukhullokako.

‘As it pleases you’ means as it suits you. ‘A slave’ means one among those born in the house, bought with money, brought from a captured enemy, or who entered slavery by himself. ‘A hired laborer’ means one who is not lazy, having the nature of performing work. ‘He rises first’ because, seeing [his master] from afar, he rises first. Thus having risen, he arranges a seat for his master, performs the tasks that should be done, such as washing the feet, and afterwards lies down or sits down; thus ‘he retires last.’ Or, when the master has not yet risen from his bed, he rises beforehand; thus ‘he rises first.’ Beginning from the time of dawn until the master falls asleep at night, he performs all duties and afterwards lies down, takes his rest; thus ‘he retires last.’ ‘What shall I do? What shall I do?’—thus inquiring in order to carry out whatever is to be done, he conducts himself; thus ‘eager to manage what is to be done.’ He performs only pleasing actions; thus ‘pleasing in conduct.’ He speaks only pleasant words; thus ‘pleasant in speech.’ He conducts himself watching the satisfied and cheerful face of his master; thus ‘looking up at his face.’