[362] 2.
Beyond, in the Ambāṭaka Park, in a thicket of the forest, Bhaddiya,
having plucked out craving (taṇhā) together with its root, meditates there — the fortunate one.
Some find delight in drums, in lutes, and in tabors;
but I, at the root of a tree, am delighted with the Buddha's teaching.
If the Buddha were to grant me a boon, and if that boon might be obtained by me,
I would take up, for the whole world, constant mindfulness occupied with the body (kāyagatāsati).
Those who measured me by my form, and those who followed after me by my voice —
possessed by desire and lust (chandarāga), those people do not know me.
He neither knows the internal nor sees the external;
a fool obstructed on every side — he indeed is carried away by voice.
He does not know the internal, yet he clearly sees the external;
seeing fruit outwardly, he too is carried away by voice.
He both understands the internal and clearly sees the external;
one of unobstructed vision — he is not carried away by voice.
The Elder Lakuṇṭaka.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.