1At one time Venerable Ānanda was staying in the land of the Kosalans in a certain forest grove.

Now at that time Ānanda was spending too much time informing the lay people. Then the deity haunting that forest had compassion for Ānanda, wanting what’s best for him. So they approached him wanting to stir him up, and recited these verses:

2“You’ve left for the jungle, the root of a tree,
with quenching in your heart.
Practice absorption, Gotama, don’t be negligent!
What is this hullabaloo to you?”

3Impelled by that deity, Venerable Ānanda was struck with a sense of urgency.

1Ekaṁ samayaṁ āyasmā ānando kosalesu vihārati aññatarasmiṁ vanasaṇḍe.

Tena kho pana samayena āyasmā ānando ativelaṁ gihisaññattibahulo vihārati. Atha kho yā tasmiṁ vanasaṇḍe adhivatthā devatā āyasmato ānandassa anukampikā atthakāmā āyasmantaṁ Ānandaṁ saṁvejetukāmā yenāyasmā ānando tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā āyasmantaṁ Ānandaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi: 

2"Rukkhamūlagahanaṁ pasakkiya,
Nibbānaṁ hadayasmiṁ opiya;
Jhāya gotama mā pamādo,
Kiṁ te biḷibiḷikā karissatī"ti.

3Atha kho āyasmā ānando tāya devatāya saṁvejito saṁvegamāpādīti.