Mindful, restrained, dispassionate was he,

Filling his alms-bowl with the proffered food.

X.

His task performed, in meditation deep

He left the haunts of men, and silently

Set forth to gain Pandāra's caverned steep;

Then, turning, said: "My dwelling there shall be."

XI.

Seeing him stop, the messengers stayed still;

One only to the king this message gave: