such ruthless behavior: why donât you say it of him?" The devatṅ: "A person ruthless & grasping, smeared like a nursing diaper: to him I have nothing to say. Itâs you to whom I should speak. To a person unblemished, constantly searching for purity, a hair-tipâs worth of evil seems as large as a cloud." The monk: "Yes, yakkha, you understand me and show me sympathy. Warn me again, yakkha, whenever again you see something like this." The devatṅ: "I donât depend on you for my living nor am I your hired hand. You, monk, you yourself should know how to go to the good destination." The monk, chastened by the devatṅ, came to his senses. See also: SN 1:20; SN 9:1; SN 9:9; AN 4:263 - --> - - - -