Saṃyutta Nikāya
I. Sagātha Vagga
9. Vana-Saṃyutta

The Book of the Kindred Sayings
I. Kindred Sayings with Verses
9. The Forest Suttas

Sutta 12

Majjhathika (or Saṇika) Suttaṃ

Noontide, or Resounding

Translated by Mrs. Rhys Davids
Assisted by Sūriyagoḍa Sumangala Thera
Copyright The Pali Text Society. Public Domain.

 

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[12.1] 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.