[2208] Passing away from the Brahma world (brahmaloka), a young deva (devaputta) of great power
arose as the son of a king, amid the abundance of every sensual pleasure (kāma).
Neither sensual pleasures nor the perception (saññā) of sensual pleasures is found in the Brahma world;
and by that very perception he was repelled by sensual pleasures.
And in his inner palace there was a meditation chamber (jhānāgāra), well built;
there, withdrawn in seclusion, he meditated alone in private.
The king, afflicted with sorrow (soka) for his son, lamented:
"This only son of mine does not enjoy sensual pleasures.
What means, indeed, might there be in this? Or who knows of anything —
one who might entice my son, so that he would yearn for sensual pleasures?"
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.