[25] When this was said, bhikkhus, a certain deity (devatā) replied² to that deity in verse:
"You do not understand,³ fool,
The word of the arahants:
Impermanent are all formations (saṅkhārā),
Of a nature to arise and pass away;
Having arisen, they cease;
Their stilling is bliss."
# ¹ Only in the European edition is the three-word reading "evaṃ me sutaṃ" ("Thus have I heard") present. ² Sī. (Sinhalese edition): "ajjhabhāsi" ("addressed").
# ³ Sī.: "vijānāsi."
The Nandi Sutta, the Second
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.