[772] Then the deity (devatā) who dwelt in that forest thicket — having sympathy for the Venerable Ānanda, desiring his good, and wishing to stir the Venerable Ānanda to a sense of urgency (saṃvega) — approached the Venerable Ānanda; and having approached, addressed the Venerable Ānanda in verse:
[Page-bottom footnote in the source: "1 Ma. (Burmese ed.), Yu. (European/PTS ed.): magā. 2 Ma.: asaṅghacārino."]
"Having gone into the thicket at the foot of a tree,
having placed Nibbāna in your heart,
meditate, Gotama! Let there be no [1] negligence.
What will this prattle do for you?"
Then the Venerable Ānanda, stirred by that deity, acquired a sense of urgency.
The Sixth: the Anuruddha Sutta.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.