[11] Thus have I heard. On one occasion the Venerable Mahākaccāna was dwelling among the Avantīs, on Papāta Mountain near Kuraraghara. Then the householder Haliddikāni approached the Venerable Mahākaccāna; having approached and paid homage to the Venerable Mahākaccāna, he sat down to one side. Sitting to one side, the householder Haliddikāni said this to the Venerable Mahākaccāna: "Venerable sir, this was spoken by the Blessed One in the Māgaṇḍiya Question in the Aṭṭhakavagga:
Having abandoned home, wandering without abode,
the sage (muni) forms no intimacies in the village;
empty of sensual pleasures (kāma), without preferences,
he would not engage in contentious talk with people.
"Venerable sir, how should the meaning of this, spoken in brief by the Blessed One, be seen in detail?"
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.