[567] "Bhikkhu, on one occasion the Blessed One was dwelling among the Tāvatiṃsa devas, at the root of the Pāricchattaka tree, on the Paṇḍukambala stone. There the Blessed One spoke to the Tāvatiṃsa devas the summary (uddesa) and the analysis (vibhaṅga) of the one who has a single auspicious night (bhaddekaratta):
Let one not run back to the past,
nor place expectation on the future;
what is past has been abandoned,
and the future has not yet arrived.
But whoever sees with insight, right there in each case,
the presently arisen dhamma —
unshaken, immovable —
having known that, let him cultivate it.
Today itself the effort must be made;
who could know: death may come tomorrow?
For there is no bargaining for us
with Death and his mighty army.
One who dwells thus, ardent,
untiring by day and by night —
it is he indeed, says the peaceful sage,
who is one who has a single auspicious night."
[Editorial footnotes in the Siam Raṭṭha edition: 1. In the Burmese and European editions the word "pana" occurs at this point. 2. In the Burmese and European editions the word "kho" is absent.]
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.