1On one occasion a certain bhikkhu was dwelling among the Kosalans in a certain woodland thicket. Now on that occasion, when he had returned from his alms round, after his meal that bhikkhu used to descend into a pond and sniff a red lotus. Then the devata that inhabited that woodland thicket, having compassion for that bhikkhu, desiring his good, desiring to stir up a sense of urgency in him, approached him and addressed him in verse: [n.554] An identical story, including the verses, is at Ja No. 392 (III 307-10), with the Bodhisatta in the role of the bhikkhu.
Spk: When she saw the bhikkhu sniff the lotus, the devatā thought: “Having received a meditation subject from the Buddha and entered the forest to meditate, this bhikkhu is instead meditating on the scent of flowers. If his craving for scent increases it will destroy his welfare. Let me draw near and reproach him.”

2v.795 "When you sniff this lotus flower,
An item that has not been given,
This is one factor of theft:
You, dear sir, are a thief of scent."

The bhikkhu:

3v.796 "I do not take, I do not damage,
I sniff the lotus from afar;
So for what reason do you say
That I am a thief of scent? [n.555] Spk: Vaṇṇena (in pāda c): karaṇena. See PED, s.v. vaṇṇa (11), and v. SN10.2 p2 below.

4v.797 "One who digs up the lotus stalks,
One who damages the flowers,
One of such rough behaviour:
Why is he not spoken to?" [n.556] All four eds. read, in pāda c, akiṇṇakammanto, which Spk glosses aparisuddhakammanto, "of impure deed." But SS read akhiṇa-, akhiṇa-, and akkhiṇa-, which is acknowledged by Spk as a v.l. and glossed kakkhaḷakammanto, "of rough deed." Spk (Be) reads akhiṇakammanto, Spk (Se) akkhiṇakammanto, which represents more correctly initial a + kh. That this reading is to be preferred to akiṇṇa- is confirmed by v. 798a, where akhiṇaluddo would certainly make much better sense than the given reading akiṇṇaluddho. See Norman, "Two Pali Etymologies," Collected Papers, 2:78–79. sn.i.205

The devata:

5v.798 "When a person is rough and fierce,
Badly soiled like a nursing cloth,
I have nothing to say to him;
But it's to you that I ought to speak.

6v.799 "For a person without blemish,
Always in quest of purity,
Even a mere hair's tip of evil
Appears as big as a cloud."

The bhikkhu:

7v.800 "Surely, spirit, you understand me,
And you have compassion for me.
Please, O spirit, speak to me again,
Whenever you see such a deed."

The devata:

8v.801 "We don’t live with your support,
Nor are we your hired servant.
You, bhikkhu, should know for yourself
The way to a good destination." [n.557] in pāda b we should read bhatakamhase, as in Be, Se, and Ee2. Spk: The devata, it is said, thought: "This bhikkhu might become negligent, thinking he has a deity looking after his welfare. I won’t accept his proposal."

9Then that bhikkhu, stirred by that devata, acquired a sense of urgency.

sn.i.206

1Ekaṁ samayaṁ aññataro bhikkhu kosalesu vihārati aññatarasmiṁ vanasaṇḍe. Tena kho pana samayena so bhikkhu pacchābhattaṁ piṇḍapātapaṭikkanto pokkharaṇiṁ ogāhetvā padumaṁ upasiṅghati. Atha kho yā tasmiṁ vanasaṇḍe adhivatthā devatā tassa bhikkhuno anukampikā atthakāmā taṁ bhikkhuṁ saṁvejetukāmā yena so bhikkhu tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā taṁ bhikkhuṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:

2"Yametaṁ vārijaṁ pupphaṁ,
adinnaṁ upasiṅghasi;
Ekaṅgametaṁ theyyānaṁ,
gandhatthenosi mārisā"ti.

3"Na harāmi na bhañjāmi,
ārā siṅghāmi vārijaṁ;
Atha kena nu vaṇṇena,
gandhatthenoti vuccati.

4Yvāyaṁ bhisāni khanati,
puṇḍarīkāni bhañjati;
Evaṁ ākiṇṇakammanto,
kasmā eso na vuccatī"ti.

5"Ākiṇṇaluddo puriso,
dhāticelaṁva makkhito;
Tasmiṁ me vacanaṁ natthi,
tvañcārahāmi vattave.

6Anaṅgaṇassa posassa,
niccaṁ sucigavesino;
Vālaggamattaṁ pāpassa,
abbhāmattaṁva khāyatī"ti.

7"Addhā maṁ yakkha jānāsi,
atho me anukampasi;
Punapi yakkha vajjāsi,
yadā passasi edisan"ti.

8"Neva taṁ upajīvāma,
napi te bhatakāmhase;
Tvameva bhikkhu jāneyya,
yena gaccheyya suggatin"ti.

9Atha kho so bhikkhu tāya devatāya saṁvejito saṁvegamāpādīti.

Vanavaggo paṭhamo.

Vanasaṁyuttaṁ samattaṁ.