[2340] There and then the hunter, having taken in her words,
taking his quiver and his bow,
crossed over the seven vast mountains
to the lofty mountain named Suvaṇṇapassa.
Having climbed that crag, the abode of the kinnaras,
he looked down at the ground at the mountain's foot;
there he saw, in color like a cloud,
a royal banyan tree with eight thousand trunks.
There he saw the elephant with six tusks,
all white, hard for others to assail;
eight thousand elephants guard him,
with tusks like chariot-poles, striking with the speed of the wind.
There he saw, not far off, a lotus pond,
delightful, with fair fords and abundant waters,
all in blossom, frequented by swarms of bees —
where indeed that elephant king bathes.
Having marked the elephant's goings and his standing-place,
and the path that was his when he went to bathe,
that man of ignoble nature, put to the task
by her who followed the sway of her own mind (citta), resorted to [digging] a pit.
[Variant readings in the Siam Raṭṭha edition's notes: 1. Maramma (Burmese) ed.: "nahātuppalamālabhārī"; 2. Maramma ed.: "adūre" (for "avidūre"); 3. Maramma ed.: "mahodikañca" (for "mahodakañca").]
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.