At that time the house-owner
Was standing outside the gate [door].
He heard a man say to him:
“Some time ago
Your children entered this house to play.
They are young and ignorant.
They are engrossed in playing.”
Hearing this,
The rich man was frightened.
He rushed into the burning house.

The next three verses are the chant of the third paragraph, concerning the saving of beings by the Buddha out of [his] great compassion. The Thus Come One has transcended the three spheres: he is “standing outside the door.”

[They] were born out of the transformative teaching they had received previously; they are “sons.” The li of the transformative teaching is outside the three spheres; later they themselves chose to deviate from the transformative teaching to immerse themselves again in the five desires: they were “in play.” Because of them (desires), they were reincarnated, they entered this house.” “The householder” having come, the previous conditions also have been reactivated. The subtle triggering mechanism has temporarily become “human speech”; (“someone say”) in order to actively stimulate the Sage. The Sage, able to respond [to the beings] and thoroughly propagate [the transformative teaching], is obliged to listen to them.