Ekaṁ samayaṁ aññataro bhikkhu kosalesu viharati aññatarasmiṁ vanasaṇḍe. Atha kho tasmiṁ vanasaṇḍe adhivatthā devatā yena so bhikkhu tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā tassa bhikkhuno santike imaṁ gāthaṁ abhāsi:

“Ṭhite majjhanhike kāle, sannisīvesu pakkhisu; Saṇateva brahāraññaṁ, taṁ bhayaṁ paṭibhāti maṁ.

Ṭhite majjhanhike kāle, sannisīvesu pakkhisu; Saṇateva brahāraññaṁ, sā rati paṭibhāti man”ti.