Verse 17

असौ तपस्वी भगवन्विपिने केन हेतुना ।कथं चाप्यवसत्पृष्ठे कदम्बस्य महातरोः

In plain words

"That ascetic, blessed one: for what reason, and how, did he dwell in the forest upon the top of the great kadamba tree?"