1At 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 recited this verse in their presence:

2“In the still of high noon,
when the birds have settled down,
the formidable jungle whispers to itself:
that seems so scary to me!”

3“In the still of high noon,
when the birds have settled down,
the formidable jungle whispers to itself:
that seems so delightful to me!”

1Ekaṁ samayaṁ aññataro bhikkhu kosalesu vihārati aññatarasmiṁ vanasaṇḍe. Atha kho tasmiṁ vanasaṇḍe adhivatthā devatā yena so bhikkhu tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā tassa bhikkhuno santike imaṁ gāthaṁ abhāsi: 

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

3Ṭhite majjhanhike kāle,
sannisīvesu pakkhisu;
Saṇateva brahāraññaṁ,
sā rati paṭibhāti man"ti.