On account of his habit of reflecting long before acting, Gautama's son Chirakarin, by thinking thus, passed a long time. After many days, his father Gautama came back.
एवं विमृशतस्तस्य चिरकारितया बहु। दीर्घ कालो व्यतिक्रान्तस्ततोऽस्याभ्यागमत् पिता॥