[244] **Beset by thoughts, he broods like a wretch**: touched, beset, overwhelmed, and possessed by thought (saṅkappa) of sensuality, by thought of ill will (byāpāda), by thought of harming, and by thought of views (diṭṭhi), he broods, mopes, moons, and pines like a wretch, like a dullard, like one utterly bewildered. Just as an owl on a tree branch, hunting a mouse, broods, mopes, moons, and pines; just as a jackal on a riverbank, hunting fish, broods, mopes, moons, and pines; just as a cat by an alley, a sewer, or a muddy bank, hunting a mouse, broods, mopes, moons, and pines; just as a donkey worn out from bearing its load broods, mopes, moons, and pines by an alley, a sewer, or a muddy bank — even so he who has gone astray, touched, beset, overwhelmed, and possessed by thought of sensuality, by thought of ill will, by thought of harming, and by thought of views, broods, mopes, moons, and pines like a wretch, like a dullard, like one utterly bewildered. Hence: "Beset by thoughts, he broods like a wretch."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.