[672] At Sāvatthī… "Bhikkhus, in the past the Dasārahas had a drum named Ānaka. When the Ānaka cracked, the Dasārahas inserted another peg. There came a time, bhikkhus, when the original drumhead and wooden body of the drum Ānaka had disappeared, and only a conglomeration of pegs remained. In just the same way, bhikkhus, there will be bhikkhus in the future who, when those discourses spoken by the Tathāgata—deep, deep in meaning, supramundane (lokuttara), connected with emptiness (suññatā)—are being recited, will not wish to listen, will not apply their minds to understanding, and will not think those teachings worth grasping and mastering. But when those discourses composed by poets—poetry, with ornate syllables and ornate phrasing, outside [the Dispensation], spoken by disciples—are being recited, they will wish to listen, will lend an ear, will apply their minds to understanding, and will think those teachings worth grasping and mastering."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.