Then the devata inhabiting the forest thicket, feeling sympathy for the monk, desiring his benefit, desiring to bring him to his senses, approached him and addressed him with this verse:

"Desiring seclusion
you've entered the forest,
and yet your mind
goes running outside.
You, a person:
subdue your desire for people.
Then you'll be happy,     free
        from passion.
Dispel discontent,
be mindful.
Let me remind you
of that which is good --
for the dust
of the regions below
    is hard to transcend.
Don't let the dust
of the sensual
pull
    you
        down.

    As a bird
spattered with dirt
sheds the adhering dust with a shake,
    so a monk
-- energetic & mindful --
sheds the adhering dust."

The monk, chastened by the devata, came to his senses.