sn.1.71 Saṁyutta Nikāya (Linked Discourses)

Having Slain

At Savatthi. Standing to one side, that devatā addressed the Blessed One in verse:

“Having slain what does one sleep soundly?
Having slain what does one not sorrow?
What is the one thing, O Gotama,
Whose killing you approve?”

The Blessed One:

“Having slain anger, one sleeps soundly;
Having slain anger, one does not sorrow;
The killing of anger, O devatā,
With its poisoned root and honeyed tip:
This is the killing the noble ones praise,
For having slain that, one does not sorrow.”

- Translator: Bhikkhu Bodhi

- Editor: Blake Walsh

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Incinerated

At Sāvatthī.
Standing to one side, that deity addressed the Buddha in verse:
“When what is incinerated do you sleep at ease?
When what is incinerated is there no sorrow?
What’s the one thing, Gotama,
whose killing you approve?”
“When anger’s incinerated you sleep at ease.
When anger’s incinerated there is no sorrow.
O deity, anger has a poisonous root
and a honey tip.
The noble ones praise its killing,
for when it’s incinerated there is no sorrow.”