- Linked Discourses 9.12Saṁyutta Nikāya 9.12
- 1. In the Woods1. Vanavagga
MiddayMajjhanhikasutta
At one time one of the mendicants was staying in the land of the Kosalans in a certain forest grove.Ekaṁ samayaṁ aññataro bhikkhu kosalesu viharati aññatarasmiṁ vanasaṇḍe. The deity haunting that forest approached that mendicant and spoke this verse in their presence:Atha kho tasmiṁ vanasaṇḍe adhivatthā devatā yena so bhikkhu tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā tassa bhikkhuno santike imaṁ gāthaṁ abhāsi:
“In the still of high noon,“Ṭhite majjhanhike kāle, when the birds have settled down,sannisīvesu pakkhisu; the mighty forest itself resounds—Saṇateva brahāraññaṁ, that strikes me as so scary!”taṁ bhayaṁ paṭibhāti maṁ.
“In the still of high noon,Ṭhite majjhanhike kāle, when the birds have settled down,sannisīvesu pakkhisu; the mighty forest itself resounds—Saṇateva brahāraññaṁ, that strikes me as so delightful!”sā rati paṭibhāti man”ti.