Sāvatthinidānaṁ.
At Sāvatthi.
Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho kassapo devaputto bhagavato santike imaṁ gāthaṁ abhāsi:
Standing to one side, the young deity Kassapa recited this verse in the presence of the Blessed One:
“Bhikkhu siyā jhāyī vimuttacitto,
Ākaṅkhe ce hadayassānupattiṁ;
Lokassa ñatvā udayabbayañca,
Sucetaso anissito tadānisaṁso”ti.
“A bhikkhu should be a meditator, with a liberated mind,
Longing for the attainment of one’s heart’s desire;
Having known the world’s rise and fall,
Let him be lofty in mind and disengaged.”