Saṁyutta Nikāya
I. Sagātha Vagga
9. Vana-Saṁyutta

I. Kindred Sayings with Verses
9. The Forest Suttas

Sutta 12

Majjhathika (or Saṇika) Suttaṁ

Noontide, or Resounding

 

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[259]

THUS HAVE I HEARD: —

A certain brother was once staying among the Kosalese
in a certain forest tract.

And the deva who haunted that forest tract,
drew near
and before him uttered the verse:¹ —

[260] "'T is the high hour of noon; the birds rest silently.
Boometh the mighty forest; fearsome that sound to me."

[The Brother: —]

"'T is the high hour of noon; the birds rest silently.
Boometh the mighty forest; enchanting that sound to me."

 

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¹ Occurs I, 2, § 5. Saṇika, in the title, here replaces Saṇamāna.