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231.Ekaṃ samayaṃ aññataro bhikkhu kosalesu viharati aññatarasmiṃ vanasaṇḍe.
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On one occasion a certain bhikkhu was dwelling among the Kosalans in a certaln woodland thicket.
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Tena kho pana samayena so bhikkhu divāvihāragato pāpake akusale vitakke vitakketi, seyyathidaṃ – kāmavitakkaṃ, byāpādavitakkaṃ, vihiṃsāvitakkaṃ.
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Now on that occasion, when that bhikkhu had gone for the day's abiding, he kept on thinking evil unwholesome thoughts, that is, thoughts of sensuality, ill will, and harming.
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Atha kho yā tasmiṃ vanasaṇḍe adhivatthā devatā tassa bhikkhuno anukampikā atthakāmā taṃ bhikkhuṃ saṃvejetukāmā yena so bhikkhu tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā taṃ bhikkhuṃ gāthāhi ajjhabhāsi –
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Then the devata that inhabited that woodland thicket, having compassion for that bhikkhu, desiring his good, desiring to stir up a sense of urgency in him, approached him and addressed him in verses:
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"Satthāraṃ dhammamārabbha, saṅghaṃ sīlāni attano;
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"By basing your thoughts on the Teacher, On Dhamma, Sangha, and your own virtues,
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Atha kho so bhikkhu tāya devatāya saṃvejito saṃvegamāpādīti.
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Then that bhikkhu, stirred up by that devata, acquired a sense of urgency.
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