4.
The Discourse on Several
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On one occasion many monks were dwelling among the Kosalans in a certain jungle thicket.
Then those monks, having completed the rains retreat, after the three months had passed, set out on a journey.
Then the deity dwelling in that jungle thicket, not seeing those monks, lamenting, at that time spoke this verse -
"Discontent, as it were, appears to me today,
Having seen many secluded seats;
Those of varied discourse, very learned,
Where have these disciples of Gotama gone?"
When this was said, a certain deity replied to that deity in verse -
"Gone to Magadha, gone to Kosala, and some to the Vajji land;
Like quadrupeds wandering without attachment, homeless the monks dwell."