Sometimes it happens that a forest-dwelling elephant gets bored with the company of his fellows, his cows, 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 corruptions (āsava). (A.iv.435 ff).