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# SN 9:4 · Many (Sambahula Sutta)
- URL: https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/sn-9-4/
- Published: 2026-06-01T01:33:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-13T16:44:45.000Z
- Description: Saṁyutta Nikāya · SN 9:4. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
- Author: Ninth Heaven Literature & Arts Association (NHLAA)
- Tags: Buddhism, Sutta Piṭaka, Text, Indian, The Buddha, Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu, Saṁyutta Nikāya, Verse, Pali, Early Buddhist, Library, #Import 2026-07-06 03:31

On one occasion many monks were staying among the Kosalans in a forest grove. Then, at the end of the Rains, they left to go on a three-month wandering tour.

And at that time, the devatā living in that forest grove, lamenting from not seeing those monks, recited this verse:

“Today it’s as if discontent
is displayed to me,
as I see many empty seats.
They, brilliant speakers, learned:
	Where have those disciples
	of Gotama gone?”

When this was said, another devatā recited a verse for that devatā:

“They’ve gone to Magadha,
gone to Kosala,
& some to the land of the Vajjians.
	Like deer, 	wandering free from ties,
	the monks 	dwell without home.”

See also: [Sn 1:3](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/sn-1-3/)

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*Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu. © 2014 / rev. 2017 Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu — released under the [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/?ref=journal.ninthheaven.co) licence, for free distribution only. Source: [dhammatalks.org](https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/SN/SN9%5F4.html?ref=journal.ninthheaven.co) (Metta Forest Monastery).*