SN9:12 Noon
- DG BB TBW © Translated from the Pali by Bhikkhu Bodhi. (More copyright information)
1On one occasion a certain bhikkhu was dwelling among the Kosalans in a certain woodland thicket. Then the devata that inhabited that woodland thicket approached that bhikkhu and recited this verse in his presence:
2v.789 "When the noon hour sets in
And the birds have settled down,
The mighty forest itself murmurs:
How fearful that appears to me!"
The bhikkhu:
3v.790 "When the noon hour sets in
And the birds have settled down,
The mighty forest itself murmurs:
How delightful that appears to me!"
1Ekaṁ samayaṁ aññataro bhikkhu kosalesu vihārati aññatarasmiṁ vanasaṇḍe. Atha kho tasmiṁ vanasaṇḍe adhivatthā devatā yena so bhikkhu tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā tassa bhikkhuno santike imaṁ gāthaṁ abhāsi:
2"Ṭhite majjhanhike kāle,
sannisīvesu pakkhisu;
Saṇateva brahāraññaṁ,
taṁ bhayaṁ paṭibhāti maṁ.
3Ṭhite majjhanhike kāle,
sannisīvesu pakkhisu;
Saṇateva brahāraññaṁ,
sā rati paṭibhāti man"ti.