12. Majjhanhikasuttaṃ

232. Ekaṃ samayaṃ aññataro bhikkhu kosalesu viharati aññatarasmiṃ vanasaṇḍe. Atha kho tasmiṃ vanasaṇḍe adhivatthā devatā yena so bhikkhu tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā tassa bhikkhuno santike imaṃ gāthaṃ abhāsi –

‘‘Ṭhite majjhanhike kāle, sannisīvesu ² pakkhisu;

Saṇateva brahāraññaṃ, taṃ bhayaṃ paṭibhāti maṃ.

‘‘Ṭhite majjhanhike kāle, sannisīvesu pakkhisu;

Saṇateva brahāraññaṃ, sā rati paṭibhāti ma’’nti.