[90] 2.
Thus have I heard. On one occasion the Blessed One was dwelling at Kusinārā, at Upavattana, in the sāl grove of the Mallas. Now on that occasion several bhikkhus were dwelling not far from the Blessed One in a forest hut — restless, haughty, fickle, garrulous, scattered in speech, muddled in mindfulness (muṭṭhassati), lacking clear comprehension (asampajāna), unconcentrated (asamāhita), with wandering minds (vibbhantacitta), with faculties unrestrained (pākatindriya). The Blessed One saw those several bhikkhus dwelling not far away in the forest hut — restless, haughty, fickle, garrulous, scattered in speech, muddled in mindfulness, lacking clear comprehension, unconcentrated, with wandering minds, with faculties unrestrained.
Then the Blessed One, having understood the meaning of this, on that occasion uttered this inspired utterance (udāna):
With body unguarded,
gone over to wrong view (micchādiṭṭhi),
and overcome by dullness and drowsiness (thīna-middha),
one goes under the power of Māra.
Therefore, with mind guarded,
with right thought (sammāsaṅkappa) as his resort,
giving precedence to right view (sammādiṭṭhi),
having known rise and fall (udayabbaya),
a bhikkhu who overcomes dullness and drowsiness
would abandon all bad destinations (duggati).
The second.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.