Soṇakajātaka

Suttapiṭaka · Khuddakanikāya · Jātaka (2) · Vol. 28 · Section 74

[74] "Many indeed are the blessings of these [bhikkhus], O bhikkhu — you who praise them; yet I am greedy for sensual pleasures (kāma): what shall I do, Soṇaka? Dear to me are human sensual pleasures, and the divine ones too are dear to me; by what means, then, might I gain both worlds?"

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.