1. Vanavagga

1. In the Woods

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Saṁyutta Nikāya 9.5

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1. Vanavagga

1. In the Woods

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Ānandasutta

With Ānanda

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Ekaṁ samayaṁ āyasmā ānando kosalesu viharati aññatarasmiṁ vanasaṇḍe.

At one time Venerable Ānanda was staying in the land of the Kosalans in a certain forest grove.

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Tena kho pana samayena āyasmā ānando ativelaṁ gihisaññattibahulo viharati.

Now at that time Ānanda was spending too much time persuading lay people.

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Atha kho yā tasmiṁ vanasaṇḍe adhivatthā devatā āyasmato ānandassa anukampikā atthakāmā āyasmantaṁ ānandaṁ saṁvejetukāmā yenāyasmā ānando tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā āyasmantaṁ ānandaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:

Then the deity haunting that forest had sympathy for Ānanda, wanting what’s best for him. So they approached him wanting to stir him up, and recited these verses:

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“Rukkhamūlagahanaṁ pasakkiya,

“You’ve left for the jungle, the root of a tree,

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Nibbānaṁ hadayasmiṁ opiya;

having laid extinguishment in your heart.

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Jhāya gotama mā pamādo,

Meditate, Gotama, don’t be negligent!

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Kiṁ te biḷibiḷikā karissatī”ti.

What use is this hullabaloo to you?”

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Atha kho āyasmā ānando tāya devatāya saṁvejito saṁvegamāpādīti.

Impelled by that deity, Venerable Ānanda was struck with a sense of urgency.