SN 9.12

Majjhanhikasutta

Ekaṁ samayaṁ aññataro bhikkhu kosalesu viharati aññatarasmiṁ vanasaṇḍe. Atha kho tasmiṁ vanasaṇḍe adhivatthā devatā yena so bhikkhu tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā tassa bhikkhuno santike imaṁ gāthaṁ abhāsi:

Midday

At one time one of the mendicants was staying in the land of the Kosalans in a certain forest grove. The deity haunting that forest approached that mendicant and spoke this verse in their presence:

“Ṭhite majjhanhike kāle, sannisīvesu pakkhisu; Saṇateva brahāraññaṁ, taṁ bhayaṁ paṭibhāti maṁ.

“In the still of high noon, when the birds have settled down, the mighty forest itself resounds— that strikes me as so scary!”

Ṭhite majjhanhike kāle, sannisīvesu pakkhisu; Saṇateva brahāraññaṁ, sā rati paṭibhāti man”ti.

“In the still of high noon, when the birds have settled down, the mighty forest itself resounds— that strikes me as so delightful!”