8.
The Discourse on the Mistress of a House
228.
On one occasion a certain monk was dwelling among the Kosalans in a certain jungle thicket.
Now at that time that monk was dwelling excessively immersed in a certain family.
Then the deity dwelling in that jungle thicket, compassionate towards that monk, desiring his welfare, wishing to arouse a sense of urgency in that monk, having created the appearance of the mistress of that family, approached that monk;
having approached, she addressed that monk in verse -
"On river banks, at resting places, in assembly halls and on streets;
People having come together discuss about me and that one - what is the reason?"
"Many sounds are obstacles, to be endured by the austere ascetic;
One should not become ashamed by that, for by that one is not defiled.
"But whoever is frightened by sounds, like a wind-deer in the forest;
They call him 'fickle-minded', his religious duty is not fulfilled."