Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c26.599

v2.c26.599

6. Nāga Sutta.—Sometimes it happens that a forest-dwelling elephant gets bored with the company of his fellows, his women-folk and the young elephants who get in his way and interfere with his freedom. Thereupon he breaks away from them and retires into solitude. So should the monk, wearied of the haunts of men, resort to loneliness and there rid himself of the *āsavas*.¹