Palāsajātaka

Suttapiṭaka · Khuddakanikāya · Jātaka (1) · Vol. 27 · Section 526

[526] "Brahmin, you know that this palāsa tree is insentient, that it hears nothing and knows nothing; yet with energy (vīriya) aroused, constantly heedful, for what reason do you ask how it has rested in comfort?"

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.