[767] Then the deity (devatā) who dwelt in that forest thicket, having compassion for the Venerable Kassapagotta, desiring his good, and wishing to stir the Venerable Kassapagotta to a sense of urgency (saṃvega), approached the Venerable Kassapagotta; and having approached, addressed the Venerable Kassapagotta in verses:
"A hunter who roams the rugged mountains, of little wisdom, devoid of sense —
the bhikkhu who exhorts him at the wrong time appears to me just like a dullard.
He listens but does not understand; he looks but does not see;
while the Dhamma is being spoken, the fool does not awaken to the meaning.
Even if you should carry ten lamps, Kassapa,
he will never see forms, for he has no eye."
Then the Venerable Kassapagotta, stirred by that deity, acquired a sense of urgency.
#1 M. (Maramma/Burmese edition): "chetvā."
Sambahula Sutta, the Fourth
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.