[784] Then that bhikkhu, having heard the resounding sound of musical instruments being beaten and played in Vesālī,
[page apparatus: ¹ In the Burmese edition the word "vajjiputtako" ("the Vajjian") occurs at this point. ² The Burmese and European (PTS) editions and the Commentary read "sabbaratticāro."]
lamenting, spoke this verse at that time:
"We dwell all alone in the forest,
like a log cast away¹ in the woods;
on a night such as this,
who indeed is worse off than we?"
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.