s tongue, raising his eyebrows so that his forehead was wrinkled in three furrows—left, leaning on his stick. So the monks went to the Blessed One and, on arrival, having bowed down to him, sat to one side. As they were sitting there they [told him what had happened]. "That wasnât a brahman, monks. That was Mṅra the Evil One, come to blind you." Then, on realizing the significance of that, the Blessed One on that occasion spoke these verses: One who has seen the cause from which suffering comes: How could that person incline to sensuality? Having realized that acquisition is a tie in the world, a person should train to subdue just that. See also: SN 1:20; SN 35:127; Thag 7:1 - --> - - - -