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 pakkhisu;
Saṇateva brahāraññaṃ, taṃ bhayaṃ paṭibhāti maṃ.
‘‘Ṭhite majjhanhike kāle, sannisīvesu pakkhisu;
Saṇateva brahāraññaṃ, sā rati paṭibhāti ma’’nti.