(Having Killed)
[Translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.]
As she was standing to one side, a devata recited this verse to the Blessed One:
Having killed what do you sleep in ease?
Having killed what do you not grieve?
Of the slaying of what one thing does Gotama approve?
[The Buddha:]
Having killed anger you sleep in ease.
Having killed anger you do not grieve.
The noble ones praise the slaying of anger
— with its honeyed crest & poison root —
for having killed it you do not grieve