moderation in food

Dear Jim, thank you for the offer to look now and then.
mata~n~nutaa ca bhattasmi? What is the ending, is it -mi?  I translate from
Thai Pali. Bhatta is food.
Bird story: sakuna must be the mean the bird which attacks. pato: can it be
a dive? diving on the poor parrot?  baalaatapa.m tapamaana.m: could that be
the parrot who was shining with austerity (because of rehearsing a.t.thi)?
Only a guess.
Thank you,
Nina.