Dhammapada 5.2.p8

5.2.p8

Makkaṭo ‘‘kiñcāpi me hatthapādā atthi, yāya pana paññāya vicāretvā agāraṃ kareyyaṃ, sā me paññā natthī’’ti cintetvā tamatthaṃ viññāpetukāmo imaṃ gāthamāha –

The monkey thought to himself, “It is true that I have hands and feet; but I lack the intelligence to build a house.” And desiring to make his meaning clear, he pronounced the following Stanza,