[710] Then the brahmin of the Bhāradvāja clan, together with those brahmin youths (māṇavaka), approached that forest grove. Having approached, he saw the Blessed One seated in that forest grove, having folded his legs crosswise, set his body erect, and established mindfulness (sati) in front of him. Having seen him, he approached the Blessed One; having approached, he addressed the Blessed One in verse:
"In a forest deep in aspect, filled with many terrors,
having plunged into the empty, uninhabited wilderness,
with body unmoving, benign, and graceful,
how very beautifully indeed you meditate, bhikkhu!
Where there is no singing and no playing of music,
a sage (muni) alone in the wilderness, resorted to the forest —
this strikes me as a thing of wonder,
that one should dwell alone in the forest with a mind of rapture (pīti).
I suppose you long for companionship with the overlord of the world,
for the unsurpassed triple heaven (tidiva);
why then, sir, resorted to the uninhabited wilderness,
do you practice austerity (tapa) here for the attainment of Brahmā?"
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.