Vanasaṁyutta 12

Linked Discourses 9.12

1. In the Woods

Midday

1 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:

2 “In the still of high noon,

when the birds have settled down,

the mighty forest itself resounds—

that strikes me as so scary!”

3 “In the still of high noon,

when the birds have settled down,

the mighty forest itself resounds—

that strikes me as so delightful!”