[1134] Goaded by the brahmin woman, that brahmin, greedy for sensual pleasure,
underwent that misery
in the forest thronged with beasts of prey, frequented by rhinoceros and leopard.
Taking a staff of beluva-wood, his fire-offering implements, and a water-pot,
he entered the great forest, wherein he had heard the Wish-granter (kāmada) was.
When he had entered that great forest, wolves surrounded him;
quite lost, he wailed aloud; far from the path he strayed.
Then that brahmin, having gone on — greedy for wealth, unrestrained —
lost at the descent to Mount Vaṅka, (surrounded by the dogs,)
(and while seated in a tree,) spoke these verses:
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.