Buddhacarita by Ven Asvaghosa - Ancient Buddhist Texts

Buddha-carita, or Life of Buddha - 154
85. And because the intellect rested there, not proceeding any further,
– it became very subtil, and there was no such thing as un-named nor
as named.
86. But because, even when it has reached this goal it yet returns
again to the world, therefore the Bodhisattva, seeking something
beyond, left Udraka.
87. Having quitted his hermitage, fully resolved in his purpose, and
seeking final bliss, he next visited the hermitage, called a city, of the
royal sage Gaya.
88. Then on the pure bank of the Nairañjanā the saint whose every
effort was pure fixed his dwelling, bent as he was on a lonely
habitation.
(Then he saw five mendicants who had come there before him; they had
taken vows on themselves and practised austerities, vaunting
themselves of control of the five senses.)
89. Five mendicants, desiring liberation, came up to him when they
beheld him there, just as the objects of the senses come up to a
percipient who has gained wealth and health by his previous merit.
90. Being honoured by these disciples who were dwelling in that
family, as they bowed reverently with their bodies bent low in
humility, as the mind is honoured by the restless senses,