3.
The Discourse on Māgha
84.
At Sāvatthī.
Then Māgha the young god, when the night was far advanced, with surpassing beauty, having illuminated almost the entire Jeta's Grove, approached the Blessed One;
having approached, he paid respect to the Blessed One and stood to one side.
Standing to one side, Māgha the young god addressed the Blessed One in verse -
“By slaying what does one sleep happily? By slaying what does one not sorrow?
The killing of which one thing do you approve, Gotama?”
[The Blessed One:] “By slaying anger one sleeps happily. By slaying anger one does not sorrow.
The killing of anger with its poisonous root and sweet tip, O Vatrabhū,
Do the noble ones praise, for by slaying that, one does not sorrow."