[281] "But I, Māgaṇḍiya, formerly, while I lived the household life, amused myself supplied and endowed with the five cords of sensual pleasure (kāmaguṇa): with forms cognizable by the eye that are wished for, desirable, agreeable, endearing, connected with sensuality, and provocative of lust; with sounds cognizable by the ear … with odours cognizable by the nose … with tastes cognizable by the tongue … with tangibles cognizable by the body that are wished for, desirable, agreeable, endearing, connected with sensuality, and provocative of lust. I had three palaces, Māgaṇḍiya: one for the rainy season, one for the winter, and one for the summer. During the four months of the rains, Māgaṇḍiya, being entertained in the rains palace by musicians, none of whom were men, I did not come down to the lower storey of the palace. Then, at a later time, having understood as it really is (yathābhūta) the origin, the disappearance, the gratification, the danger, and the escape in regard to sensual pleasures themselves, having abandoned craving for sensual pleasures (kāmataṇhā) and dispelled the fever of sensual pleasures, I dwell free of thirst, with a mind inwardly at peace. I see other beings who are not free of lust for sensual pleasures being devoured by cravings for sensual pleasures, burning with the fever of sensual pleasures, indulging in sensual pleasures; I do not envy them, nor do I take delight therein. Why is that? Because, Māgaṇḍiya, there is this delight apart from sensual pleasures, apart from unwholesome states — delighting in that delight, I do not envy what is inferior, nor do I take delight therein."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.