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#### Saṁyutta Nikāya
I. Sagātha Vagga
9. Vana-Saṁyutta

#### The Book of the Kindred Sayings
I. Kindred Sayings with Verses
9. The Forest Suttas

#### Sutta 12

#### Majjhathika (or Saṇika) Suttaṁ

# Noontide, or Resounding

Translated by Mrs. Rhys Davids
Assisted by Sūriyagoḍa Sumangala Thera
Copyright The Pali Text Society. Public Domain.

[259]

[12.1] THUS HAVE I HEARD: —

A certain brother was once staying among the Kosalese
in a certain forest tract.

And the deva who haunted that forest tract,
drew near
and before him uttered the verse:[1] —

[260] "'T is the high hour of noon; the birds rest silently.
Boometh the mighty forest; fearsome that sound to me."

[The Brother: —]

"'T is the high hour of noon; the birds rest silently.
Boometh the mighty forest; enchanting that sound to me."

[1] Occurs I, 2, § 5. Saṇika, in the title, here replaces Saṇamāna.

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