[8] Then Brahmā Sahampati, having known with his own mind the reflection in the mind of the Blessed One, thought: "Alas, sirs, the world is lost! Alas, sirs, the world perishes! — in that the mind of the Tathāgata, the Arahant, the Perfectly Enlightened One, inclines to dwelling at ease, not to teaching the Dhamma."
Then, just as a strong man might stretch out his bent arm or bend back his outstretched arm, so Brahmā Sahampati vanished from the Brahmā world and appeared before the Blessed One. Then Brahmā Sahampati, having arranged his upper robe over one shoulder and having set his right knee upon the ground, raised his joined palms in salutation toward the Blessed One and said this to the Blessed One: "Venerable sir, let the Blessed One teach the Dhamma; let the Sublime One (Sugata) teach the Dhamma. There are beings with little dust in their eyes who, through not hearing the Dhamma, are falling away; there will be those who understand the Dhamma."
Thus spoke Brahmā Sahampati. Having said this, he further said this:
"There appeared in the past among the Magadhans
an impure Dhamma, devised by those with stains.
Open this door to the Deathless (amata)!
Let them hear the Dhamma awakened to by the Stainless One.
Just as one standing upon a rocky mountain's summit
might behold the people all around,
even so, O One of Excellent Wisdom, O All-Seeing One,
ascend the palace made of Dhamma;
yourself rid of sorrow, look down upon the people
sunk in sorrow, overcome by birth and aging.
Rise up, O Hero, victor in battle,
leader of the caravan, free of debt, wander in the world.
Let the Blessed One teach the Dhamma;
there will be those who understand."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.