[249] Then, while the Blessed One was alone in seclusion, this reflection arose in his mind: "Formerly I dwelt beset, not at ease, by those Kosambī bhikkhus who create strife, who create quarrels, who create disputes, who create contention, who create legal issues in the Saṅgha. Now I dwell alone, without a companion, happily and at ease, apart indeed from those Kosambī bhikkhus who create strife, who create quarrels, who create disputes, who create contention, who create legal issues in the Saṅgha."
Now a certain bull elephant (nāga) also dwelt beset by bull elephants, cow elephants, young elephants, and elephant calves; he ate grass whose tips had already been cropped, and they ate the branches he had broken down; he drank muddied water, and when he had descended into the bathing place, the cow elephants went along rubbing against his body. Then it occurred to that bull elephant: "I dwell beset by bull elephants, cow elephants, young elephants, and elephant calves; I eat grass whose tips have already been cropped, and they eat the branches I have broken down; I drink muddied water, and when I have descended into the bathing place, the cow elephants go along rubbing against my body. What if I were to dwell alone, withdrawn from the herd?" Then that bull elephant, having departed from the herd, approached Pārileyyaka, the Rakkhita forest grove, the foot of the auspicious sāl tree, where the Blessed One was; and having approached, with his trunk he set out drinking water and washing water for the Blessed One, and he kept the place clear of greenery.
Then it occurred to that bull elephant: "Formerly I dwelt beset, not at ease, by bull elephants, cow elephants, young elephants, and elephant calves; I ate grass whose tips had already been cropped, and they ate the branches I had broken down; I drank muddied water, and when I had descended into the bathing place, the cow elephants went along rubbing against my body. Now I dwell alone, without a companion, happily and at ease, apart indeed from bull elephants, cow elephants, young elephants, and elephant calves."
Then the Blessed One, having understood his own seclusion, and having known with his mind the reflection in the mind of that bull elephant, on that occasion uttered this inspired utterance (udāna):
"This mind of the nāga accords, mind with mind,
with the nāga, the elephant whose tusks are like chariot-poles —
in that each delights alone in the forest."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.