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Saṁyutta Nikāya 9.5 Linked Discourses 9.5
1. Vanavagga 1. In the Woods
Ānandasutta With Ānanda Ānanda
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. On one occasion the Venerable Ānanda was dwelling among the Kosalans in a certain woodland thicket.
Tena kho pana samayena āyasmā ānando ativelaṁ gihisaññattibahulo viharati. Now at that time Ānanda was spending too much time persuading lay people. The word “persuasion” (saññatti) is used in the context of discussions with skeptical non-Buddhists (eg. MN 60:8.5).Now on that occasion the Venerable Ānanda was excessively involved instructing lay people.
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: The same verse is spoken by a certain Vajjiputta (“Vajjian”) at Thag 1.119. The Pali commentary says this occurred shortly after the Buddha’s passing. Ānanda, still only a stream-enterer, was striving for arahantship before the First Council, but got caught up in consoling the distraught layfolk. The Mūlasarvāstivāda Vinaya agrees, adding that Vajjiputta was Ānanda’s attendant at the time. Following the exhortation, Ānanda meditated till late at night, then mindfully lay down to rest. When his feet were lifted off the floor, but his head not yet on his pillow, he became awakened (Rockhill, The Life of the Buddha, p. 155). The Pali Vinaya recounts the same events, but does not mention this verse (Kd 21:1.6.1).Then the devatā that inhabited that woodland thicket, having compassion for the Venerable Ānanda, desiring his good, desiring to stir up a sense of urgency in him, approached him and addressed him in verse
“Rukkhamūlagahanaṁ pasakkiya, “You’ve left for the jungle, the root of a tree, “Having entered the thicket at the foot of a tree,
Nibbānaṁ hadayasmiṁ opiya; having laid extinguishment in your heart. Both Bodhi here and Norman in the parallel in Elders Verses (Thag 1.119:1.2) read osiya (“having laid”), which agrees with the commentarial gloss.Having placed Nibbāna in your heart,
Jhāya gotama mā pamādo, Meditate, Gotama, don’t be negligent! Meditate, Gotama, and don’t be negligent!
Kiṁ te biḷibiḷikā karissatī”ti. What use is this hullabaloo to you?” What will this hullabaloo do for you?”
Atha kho āyasmā ānando tāya devatāya saṁvejito saṁvegamāpādīti. Impelled by that deity, Venerable Ānanda was struck with a sense of urgency. Then the Venerable Ānanda, stirred up by that deity, acquired a sense of urgency