With KassapagottaKassapagottasutta

At one time Venerable Kassapagotta was staying in the land of the Kosalans in a certain forest grove.Ekaṁ samayaṁ āyasmā kassapagotto kosalesu viharati aññatarasmiṁ vanasaṇḍe.

Now at that time Venerable Kassapagotta, having withdrawn for his day’s meditation, tried to advise a nimrod.Tena kho pana samayena āyasmā kassapagotto divāvihāragato aññataraṁ chetaṁ ovadati. Then the deity haunting that forest approached Kassapagotta wanting to stir him up, and recited these verses:Atha kho yā tasmiṁ vanasaṇḍe adhivatthā devatā āyasmantaṁ kassapagottaṁ saṁvejetukāmā yenāyasmā kassapagotto tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā āyasmantaṁ kassapagottaṁ gāthāhi ajjhabhāsi:

“A nimrod wandering the rugged hills“Giriduggacaraṁ chetaṁ, is unintelligent, unthinking.appapaññaṁ acetasaṁ; It’s a waste of time to advise him, mendicant;Akāle ovadaṁ bhikkhu, he strikes me as a dullard.mandova paṭibhāti maṁ.

He listens without understanding,Suṇāti na vijānāti, looks without seeing.Āloketi na passati; Though the teaching is spoken,Dhammasmiṁ bhaññamānasmiṁ, the fool doesn’t get it.Atthaṁ bālo na bujjhati.

Even if you lit ten lampsSacepi dasa pajjote, and brought them to him, Kassapa,dhārayissasi kassapa; he wouldn’t see anything,Neva dakkhati rūpāni, for he has no eyes to see.”cakkhu hissa na vijjatī”ti.

Impelled by that deity, Venerable Kassapagotta was struck with a sense of urgency.Atha kho āyasmā kassapagotto tāya devatāya saṁvejito saṁvegamāpādīti.