SN 4.11 · Boulders
SN 4.11 · Pāsāṇasutta
At one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha, on the Vulture’s Peak Mountain. Now at that time the Buddha was meditating in the open during the dark of night, while a gentle rain drizzled down.
Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā rājagahe viharati gijjhakūṭe pabbate. Tena kho pana samayena bhagavā rattandhakāratimisāyaṁ abbhokāse nisinno hoti, devo ca ekamekaṁ phusāyati.
Then Māra the Wicked, wanting to make the Buddha feel fear, terror, and goosebumps, approached him, and crushed some large boulders close by him.
Atha kho māro pāpimā bhagavato bhayaṁ chambhitattaṁ lomahaṁsaṁ uppādetukāmo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavato avidūre mahante pāsāṇe padālesi.
Then the Buddha, knowing that this was Māra the Wicked, addressed him in verse:
Atha kho bhagavā “māro ayaṁ pāpimā” iti viditvā māraṁ pāpimantaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:
“Even if you shakethis entire Vulture’s Peak,the rightly released,the awakened, are unshaken.”
“Sacepi kevalaṁ sabbaṁ,gijjhakūṭaṁ calessasi;Neva sammāvimuttānaṁ,buddhānaṁ atthi iñjitan”ti.
Then Māra the Wicked, thinking, “The Buddha knows me! The Holy One knows me!” miserable and sad, vanished right there.
Atha kho māro pāpimā “jānāti maṁ bhagavā, jānāti maṁ sugato”ti dukkhī dummano tatthevantaradhāyīti.
SN 4.12 · Lion
SN 4.12 · Kinnusīhasutta
At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery. Now, at that time the Buddha was teaching Dhamma, surrounded by a large assembly.
Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. Tena kho pana samayena bhagavā mahatiyā parisāya parivuto dhammaṁ deseti.
Then Māra thought, “The ascetic Gotama is teaching Dhamma, surrounded by a large assembly. Why don’t I go and pull the wool over their eyes?”
Atha kho mārassa pāpimato etadahosi: “ayaṁ kho samaṇo gotamo mahatiyā parisāya parivuto dhammaṁ deseti. Yannūnāhaṁ yena samaṇo gotamo tenupasaṅkameyyaṁ vicakkhukammāyā”ti.
Then Māra the Wicked went up to the Buddha and addressed him in verse:
Atha kho māro pāpimā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:
“Why now do you roar like a lion?You’re so self-assured in the assembly!For there is someone who’ll wrestle with you,so why do you imagine you’re the victor?”
“Kinnu sīhova nadasi,parisāyaṁ visārado;Paṭimallo hi te atthi,vijitāvī nu maññasī”ti.
“The great heroes they roar,self-assured in the assemblies.The Realized One, attained to power,has crossed over clinging to the world.”
“Nadanti ve mahāvīrā,parisāsu visāradā;Tathāgatā balappattā,tiṇṇā loke visattikan”ti.
Then Māra the Wicked, thinking, “The Buddha knows me! The Holy One knows me!” miserable and sad, vanished right there.
Atha kho māro pāpimā “jānāti maṁ bhagavā, jānāti maṁ sugato”ti dukkhī dummano tatthevantaradhāyīti.
SN 4.13 · A Splinter
SN 4.13 · Sakalikasutta
So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha in the Maddakucchi deer park.
Evaṁ me sutaṁ— ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā rājagahe viharati maddakucchismiṁ migadāye.
Now at that time the Buddha’s foot had been cut by a wooden splinter. The Buddha was stricken by harrowing pains; physical feelings that were painful, sharp, severe, acute, unpleasant, and disagreeable. But he endured unbothered, with mindfulness and situational awareness. And then he spread out his outer robe folded in four and laid down in the lion’s posture—on the right side, placing one foot on top of the other—mindful and aware.
Tena kho pana samayena bhagavato pādo sakalikāya khato hoti, bhusā sudaṁ bhagavato vedanā vattanti sārīrikā dukkhā tibbā kharā kaṭukā asātā amanāpā. Tā sudaṁ bhagavā sato sampajāno adhivāseti avihaññamāno. Atha kho bhagavā catugguṇaṁ saṅghāṭiṁ paññapetvā dakkhiṇena passena sīhaseyyaṁ kappesi pāde pādaṁ accādhāya sato sampajāno.
Then Māra the Wicked went up to the Buddha and addressed him in verse:
Atha kho māro pāpimā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:
“Are you feeble that you lie down? <j>Or are you drunk on poetry?Are your goals not amply satisfied?Alone in a secluded lodging,why this sleeping, sleepyhead?”
“Mandiyā nu kho sesi udāhu kāveyyamatto,Atthā nu te sampacurā na santi;Eko vivitte sayanāsanamhi,Niddāmukho kimidaṁ soppase vā”ti.
“I’m not feeble that I lie down, <j>nor am I drunk on poetry.Having reached the goal, I’m rid of sorrow.Alone in a secluded lodging,I lie down full of sympathy for all living creatures.
“Na mandiyā sayāmi nāpi kāveyyamatto,Atthaṁ sameccāhamapetasoko;Eko vivitte sayanāsanamhi,Sayāmahaṁ sabbabhūtānukampī.
Even those with a dart stuck in the breast,piercing the heart moment by moment,are able to get some sleep.So why not I, whose dart is drawn out?
Yesampi sallaṁ urasi paviṭṭhaṁ,Muhuṁ muhuṁ hadayaṁ vedhamānaṁ;Tepīdha soppaṁ labhare sasallā,Tasmā ahaṁ na supe vītasallo.
I don’t lie awake tense, nor do I fear to sleep.The days and nights don’t disturb me,as I see no decline for myself in the world.That’s why I lie down full of sympathy for all living creatures.”
Jaggaṁ na saṅke napi bhemi sottuṁ,Rattindivā nānutapanti māmaṁ;Hāniṁ na passāmi kuhiñci loke,Tasmā supe sabbabhūtānukampī”ti.
Then Māra the Wicked, thinking, “The Buddha knows me! The Holy One knows me!” miserable and sad, vanished right there.
Atha kho māro pāpimā “jānāti maṁ bhagavā, jānāti maṁ sugato”ti dukkhī dummano tatthevantaradhāyīti.
SN 4.14 · Appropriate
SN 4.14 · Patirūpasutta
At one time the Buddha was staying in the land of the Kosalans near the brahmin village of Ekasālā.
Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā kosalesu viharati ekasālāyaṁ brāhmaṇagāme.
Now, at that time the Buddha was teaching Dhamma, surrounded by a large assembly of laypeople.
Tena kho pana samayena bhagavā mahatiyā gihiparisāya parivuto dhammaṁ deseti.
Then Māra thought, “The ascetic Gotama is teaching Dhamma, surrounded by a large assembly of laypeople. Why don’t I go and pull the wool over their eyes?”
Atha kho mārassa pāpimato etadahosi: “ayaṁ kho samaṇo gotamo mahatiyā gihiparisāya parivuto dhammaṁ deseti. Yannūnāhaṁ yena samaṇo gotamo tenupasaṅkameyyaṁ vicakkhukammāyā”ti.
Then Māra the Wicked went up to the Buddha and addressed him in verse:
Atha kho māro pāpimā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:
“It’s not appropriate for youto instruct others.As you engage in this,don’t get caught up in favoring and opposing.”
“Netaṁ tava patirūpaṁ,yadaññamanusāsasi;Anurodhavirodhesu,mā sajjittho tadācaran”ti.
“The Buddha instructs othersout of compassion for their welfare.The Realized One is liberatedfrom favoring and opposing.”
“Hitānukampī sambuddho,yadaññamanusāsati;Anurodhavirodhehi,vippamutto tathāgato”ti.
Then Māra the Wicked, thinking, “The Buddha knows me! The Holy One knows me!” miserable and sad, vanished right there.
Atha kho māro pāpimā “jānāti maṁ bhagavā, jānāti maṁ sugato”ti dukkhī dummano tatthevantaradhāyīti.
SN 4.15 · A Mental Snare
SN 4.15 · Mānasasutta
So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery.
Evaṁ me sutaṁ— ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.
Then Māra the Wicked went up to the Buddha and addressed him in verse:
Atha kho māro pāpimā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:
“There’s a mental snarewandering in midair.I’ll bind you with it—you won’t escape me, ascetic!”
“Antalikkhacaro pāso,yvāyaṁ carati mānaso;Tena taṁ bādhayissāmi,na me samaṇa mokkhasī”ti.
“Sights, sounds, tastes, smells,and touches so delightful:desire for these is gone from me.You’re beaten, terminator!”
“Rūpā saddā rasā gandhā,Phoṭṭhabbā ca manoramā;Ettha me vigato chando,Nihato tvamasi antakā”ti.
Then Māra the Wicked, thinking, “The Buddha knows me! The Holy One knows me!” miserable and sad, vanished right there.
Atha kho māro pāpimā “jānāti maṁ bhagavā, jānāti maṁ sugato”ti dukkhī dummano tatthevantaradhāyīti.
SN 4.16 · The Alms Bowls
SN 4.16 · Pattasutta
At Sāvatthī.
Sāvatthinidānaṁ.
Now at that time the Buddha was educating, encouraging, firing up, and inspiring the mendicants with a Dhamma talk on the topic of the five grasping aggregates. And those mendicants were paying attention, applying the mind, concentrating wholeheartedly, and actively listening.
Tena kho pana samayena bhagavā pañcannaṁ upādānakkhandhānaṁ upādāya bhikkhūnaṁ dhammiyā kathāya sandasseti samādapeti samuttejeti sampahaṁseti. Te ca bhikkhū aṭṭhiṁ katvā manasi katvā sabbacetasā samannāharitvā ohitasotā dhammaṁ suṇanti.
Then Māra thought, “This ascetic Gotama is educating, encouraging, firing up, and inspiring the mendicants with a Dhamma talk on the topic of the five grasping aggregates. And the mendicants are paying attention, applying the mind, concentrating wholeheartedly, and actively listening. Why don’t I go and pull the wool over their eyes?”
Atha kho mārassa pāpimato etadahosi: “ayaṁ kho samaṇo gotamo pañcannaṁ upādānakkhandhānaṁ upādāya bhikkhūnaṁ dhammiyā kathāya sandasseti samādapeti samuttejeti sampahaṁseti. Te ca bhikkhū aṭṭhiṁ katvā manasi katvā sabbacetasā samannāharitvā ohitasotā dhammaṁ suṇanti. Yannūnāhaṁ yena samaṇo gotamo tenupasaṅkameyyaṁ vicakkhukammāyā”ti.
At that time several alms bowls were placed in the open air. Then Māra the Wicked manifested in the form of an ox and approached those bowls.
Tena kho pana samayena sambahulā pattā abbhokāse nikkhittā honti. Atha kho māro pāpimā balībaddavaṇṇaṁ abhinimminitvā yena te pattā tenupasaṅkami.
One of the mendicants said to another, “Mendicant, mendicant, that ox will break the bowls.”
Atha kho aññataro bhikkhu aññataraṁ bhikkhuṁ etadavoca: “bhikkhu bhikkhu, eso balībaddo patte bhindeyyā”ti.
When this was said, the Buddha said to that mendicant, “Mendicant, that’s no ox. That’s Māra the Wicked come to pull the wool over your eyes!”
Evaṁ vutte, bhagavā taṁ bhikkhuṁ etadavoca: “na so, bhikkhu, balībaddo. Māro eso pāpimā tumhākaṁ vicakkhukammāya āgato”ti.
Then the Buddha, knowing that this was Māra the Wicked, addressed him in verse:
Atha kho bhagavā “māro ayaṁ pāpimā” iti viditvā māraṁ pāpimantaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:
“Form, what is felt, and perception,consciousness, and what is chosen:‘I am not this’ and ‘this is not mine’;that’s how they become free of desire for them.
“Rūpaṁ vedayitaṁ saññā,viññāṇaṁ yañca saṅkhataṁ;Nesohamasmi netaṁ me,evaṁ tattha virajjati.
When you’re detached, secure,all fetters transcended,though Māra and his army chase everywherethey never find you.”
Evaṁ virattaṁ khemattaṁ,sabbasaṁyojanātigaṁ;Anvesaṁ sabbaṭṭhānesu,mārasenāpi nājjhagā”ti.
Then Māra … vanished right there.
Atha kho māro pāpimā …pe… tatthevantaradhāyīti.
SN 4.17 · The Six Fields of Contact
SN 4.17 · Chaphassāyatanasutta
At one time the Buddha was staying near Vesālī, at the Great Wood, in the hall with the peaked roof.
Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā vesāliyaṁ viharati mahāvane kūṭāgārasālāyaṁ.
Now at that time the Buddha was educating, encouraging, firing up, and inspiring the mendicants with a Dhamma talk on the topic of the six fields of contact. And those mendicants were paying attention, applying the mind, concentrating wholeheartedly, and actively listening.
Tena kho pana samayena bhagavā channaṁ phassāyatanānaṁ upādāya bhikkhūnaṁ dhammiyā kathāya sandasseti samādapeti samuttejeti sampahaṁseti. Te ca bhikkhū aṭṭhiṁ katvā manasi katvā sabbacetasā samannāharitvā ohitasotā dhammaṁ suṇanti.
Then Māra thought, “This ascetic Gotama is educating, encouraging, firing up, and inspiring the mendicants with a Dhamma talk on the topic of the six fields of contact. And those mendicants are paying attention, applying the mind, concentrating wholeheartedly, and actively listening. Why don’t I go and pull the wool over their eyes?”
Atha kho mārassa pāpimato etadahosi: “ayaṁ kho samaṇo gotamo channaṁ phassāyatanānaṁ upādāya bhikkhūnaṁ dhammiyā kathāya sandasseti samādapeti samuttejeti sappahaṁseti. Te ca bhikkhū aṭṭhiṁ katvā manasi katvā sabbacetasā samannāharitvā ohitasotā dhammaṁ suṇanti. Yannūnāhaṁ yena samaṇo gotamo tenupasaṅkameyyaṁ vicakkhukammāyā”ti.
Then Māra the Wicked went up to the Buddha and made a terrifyingly loud noise close by him. It seemed as if the earth were shattering, so that one of the mendicants said to another, “Mendicant, mendicant, it seems like the earth is shattering!”
Atha kho māro pāpimā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavato avidūre mahantaṁ bhayabheravaṁ saddamakāsi, apissudaṁ pathavī maññe undrīyati. Atha kho aññataro bhikkhu aññataraṁ bhikkhuṁ etadavoca: “bhikkhu bhikkhu, esā pathavī maññe undrīyatī”ti.
When this was said, the Buddha said to that mendicant, “Mendicant, that’s not the earth shattering. That’s Māra the Wicked come to pull the wool over your eyes!”
Evaṁ vutte, bhagavā taṁ bhikkhuṁ etadavoca: “nesā, bhikkhu, pathavī undrīyati. Māro eso pāpimā tumhākaṁ vicakkhukammāya āgato”ti.
Then the Buddha, knowing that this was Māra the Wicked, addressed him in verse:
Atha kho bhagavā “māro ayaṁ pāpimā” iti viditvā māraṁ pāpimantaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:
“Sights, sounds, tastes, smells,touches, and ideas, the lot of them—this is the terrible baitthat the world’s infatuated by.
“Rūpā saddā rasā gandhā,phassā dhammā ca kevalā;Etaṁ lokāmisaṁ ghoraṁ,ettha loko vimucchito.
But a mindful disciple of the Buddhahas transcended all that.Having slipped free of Māra’s dominion,they dazzle like the sun.”
Etañca samatikkamma,sato buddhassa sāvako;Māradheyyaṁ atikkamma,ādiccova virocatī”ti.
Then Māra … vanished right there.
Atha kho māro pāpimā …pe… tatthevantaradhāyīti.
SN 4.18 · Alms Food
SN 4.18 · Piṇḍasutta
At one time the Buddha was staying in the land of the Magadhans near the brahmin village of Pañcasālā.
Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā magadhesu viharati pañcasālāyaṁ brāhmaṇagāme.
Now at that time in Pañcasālā the young maidens were occupied with guests. Then the Buddha robed up in the morning and, taking his bowl and robe, entered Pañcasālā for alms.
Tena kho pana samayena pañcasālāyaṁ brāhmaṇagāme kumārikānaṁ pāhunakāni bhavanti. Atha kho bhagavā pubbaṇhasamayaṁ nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya pañcasālaṁ brāhmaṇagāmaṁ piṇḍāya pāvisi.
Now at that time Māra had possessed the brahmins and householders of Pañcasālā, so that they thought, “Don’t let the ascetic Gotama get any alms!”
Tena kho pana samayena pañcasāleyyakā brāhmaṇagahapatikā mārena pāpimatā anvāviṭṭhā bhavanti: “mā samaṇo gotamo piṇḍamalatthā”ti.
Then the Buddha left the village with his bowl as clean-washed as it was when he entered for alms.
Atha kho bhagavā yathādhotena pattena pañcasālaṁ brāhmaṇagāmaṁ piṇḍāya pāvisi tathādhotena pattena paṭikkami.
Then Māra the Wicked went up to the Buddha and said to him, “Well, ascetic, did you get any alms?”
Atha kho māro pāpimā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ etadavoca: “api tvaṁ, samaṇa, piṇḍamalatthā”ti?
“Wicked One, did you make sure I didn’t get any alms?”
“Tathā nu tvaṁ, pāpima, akāsi yathāhaṁ piṇḍaṁ na labheyyan”ti.
“Well then, sir, let the Buddha enter Pañcasālā a second time for alms. I’ll make sure you get alms.”
“Tena hi, bhante, bhagavā dutiyampi pañcasālaṁ brāhmaṇagāmaṁ piṇḍāya pavisatu. Tathāhaṁ karissāmi yathā bhagavā piṇḍaṁ lacchatī”ti.
“Māra has produced wickednessin attacking the Realized One.Wicked One, do you imagine thatyour wickedness won’t bear fruit?
“Apuññaṁ pasavi māro,āsajja naṁ tathāgataṁ;Kiṁ nu maññasi pāpima,na me pāpaṁ vipaccati.
Let us live so very happily,we who have nothing.We shall feed on rapture,like the gods of sublime luminosity.”
Susukhaṁ vata jīvāma,yesaṁ no natthi kiñcanaṁ;Pītibhakkhā bhavissāma,devā ābhassarā yathā”ti.
Then Māra the Wicked, thinking, “The Buddha knows me! The Holy One knows me!” miserable and sad, vanished right there.
Atha kho māro pāpimā “jānāti maṁ bhagavā, jānāti maṁ sugato”ti dukkhī dummano tatthevantaradhāyīti.
SN 4.19 · A Farmer
SN 4.19 · Kassakasutta
At Sāvatthī.
Sāvatthinidānaṁ.
Now at that time the Buddha was educating, encouraging, firing up, and inspiring the mendicants with a Dhamma talk about extinguishment. And those mendicants were paying attention, applying the mind, concentrating wholeheartedly, and actively listening.
Tena kho pana samayena bhagavā bhikkhūnaṁ nibbānapaṭisaṁyuttāya dhammiyā kathāya sandasseti samādapeti samuttejeti sampahaṁseti. Te ca bhikkhū aṭṭhiṁ katvā manasi katvā sabbacetasā samannāharitvā ohitasotā dhammaṁ suṇanti.
Then Māra thought, “The ascetic Gotama is giving a Dhamma talk about extinguishment … and the mendicants are listening well. Why don’t I go and pull the wool over their eyes?”
Atha kho mārassa pāpimato etadahosi: “ayaṁ kho samaṇo gotamo bhikkhūnaṁ nibbānapaṭisaṁyuttāya dhammiyā kathāya …pe… yannūnāhaṁ yena samaṇo gotamo tenupasaṅkameyyaṁ vicakkhukammāyā”ti.
Then Māra the Wicked manifested in the form of a farmer carrying a large plough on his shoulder. He held a long goad, his hair was messy, he was clad in sunn hemp, and his feet were muddy. He went up to the Buddha and said to him, “So, ascetic, did you happen to see any oxen?”
Atha kho māro pāpimā kassakavaṇṇaṁ abhinimminitvā mahantaṁ naṅgalaṁ khandhe karitvā dīghapācanayaṭṭhiṁ gahetvā haṭahaṭakeso sāṇasāṭinivattho kaddamamakkhitehi pādehi yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ etadavoca: “api, samaṇa, balībadde addasā”ti?
“But what have you to do with oxen, Wicked One?”
“Kiṁ pana, pāpima, te balībaddehī”ti?
“Mine alone, ascetic, is the eye, mine are sights, mine is the field of eye contact consciousness. Where can you escape me, ascetic? Mine alone is the ear … nose … tongue … body … mind, mine are ideas, mine is the field of mind contact consciousness. Where can you escape me, ascetic?”
“Mameva, samaṇa, cakkhu, mama rūpā, mama cakkhusamphassaviññāṇāyatanaṁ. Kuhiṁ me, samaṇa, gantvā mokkhasi? Mameva, samaṇa, sotaṁ, mama saddā …pe… mameva, samaṇa, ghānaṁ, mama gandhā; mameva, samaṇa, jivhā, mama rasā; mameva, samaṇa, kāyo, mama phoṭṭhabbā; mameva, samaṇa, mano, mama dhammā, mama manosamphassaviññāṇāyatanaṁ. Kuhiṁ me, samaṇa, gantvā mokkhasī”ti?
“Yours alone, Wicked One, is the eye, yours are sights, yours is the field of eye contact consciousness. Where there is no eye, no sights, no eye contact consciousness—you have no place there, Wicked One! Yours alone is the ear … nose … tongue … body … mind, yours are ideas, yours is the field of mind contact consciousness. Where there is no mind, no ideas, no mind contact consciousness—you have no place there, Wicked One!”
“Taveva, pāpima, cakkhu, tava rūpā, tava cakkhusamphassaviññāṇāyatanaṁ. Yattha ca kho, pāpima, natthi cakkhu, natthi rūpā, natthi cakkhusamphassaviññāṇāyatanaṁ, agati tava tattha, pāpima. Taveva, pāpima, sotaṁ, tava saddā, tava sotasamphassaviññāṇāyatanaṁ. Yattha ca kho, pāpima, natthi sotaṁ, natthi saddā, natthi sotasamphassaviññāṇāyatanaṁ, agati tava tattha, pāpima. Taveva, pāpima, ghānaṁ, tava gandhā, tava ghānasamphassaviññāṇāyatanaṁ. Yattha ca kho, pāpima, natthi ghānaṁ, natthi gandhā, natthi ghānasamphassaviññāṇāyatanaṁ, agati tava tattha, pāpima. Taveva, pāpima, jivhā, tava rasā, tava jivhāsamphassaviññāṇāyatanaṁ …pe… taveva, pāpima, kāyo, tava phoṭṭhabbā, tava kāyasamphassaviññāṇāyatanaṁ …pe… taveva, pāpima, mano, tava dhammā, tava manosamphassaviññāṇāyatanaṁ. Yattha ca kho, pāpima, natthi mano, natthi dhammā, natthi manosamphassaviññāṇāyatanaṁ, agati tava tattha, pāpimā”ti.
“The things they call ‘mine’,and those who say ‘it’s mine’:if your mind remains there,you won’t escape me, ascetic!”
“Yaṁ vadanti mama yidanti,ye vadanti mamanti ca;Ettha ce te mano atthi,na me samaṇa mokkhasī”ti.
“The things they speak of aren’t mine;I’m not someone who speaks like that.So know this, Wicked One:you won’t even see the path I take.”
“Yaṁ vadanti na taṁ mayhaṁ,ye vadanti na te ahaṁ;Evaṁ pāpima jānāhi,na me maggampi dakkhasī”ti.
Then Māra … vanished right there.
Atha kho māro pāpimā …pe… tatthevantaradhāyīti.
SN 4.20 · Ruling
SN 4.20 · Rajjasutta
At one time the Buddha was staying in the land of the Kosalans, in a wilderness hut on the slopes of the Himalayas.
Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā kosalesu viharati himavantapadese araññakuṭikāyaṁ.
Then as he was in private retreat this thought came to his mind, “I wonder if it’s possible to rule legitimately, without killing or having someone kill for you; without conquering or having someone conquer for you; without sorrowing or causing sorrow?”
Atha kho bhagavato rahogatassa paṭisallīnassa evaṁ cetaso parivitakko udapādi: “sakkā nu kho rajjaṁ kāretuṁ ahanaṁ aghātayaṁ ajinaṁ ajāpayaṁ asocaṁ asocāpayaṁ dhammenā”ti?
And then Māra the Wicked, knowing the Buddha’s train of thought, went up to him and said, “Rule, Blessed One! Rule, Holy One! Rule legitimately, without killing or having someone kill for you; without conquering or having someone conquer for you; without sorrowing or causing sorrow!”
Atha kho māro pāpimā bhagavato cetasā cetoparivitakkamaññāya yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ etadavoca: “kāretu, bhante, bhagavā rajjaṁ, kāretu, sugato, rajjaṁ ahanaṁ aghātayaṁ ajinaṁ ajāpayaṁ asocaṁ asocāpayaṁ dhammenā”ti.
“But what do you see, Wicked One, that you say this to me?”
“Kiṁ pana me tvaṁ, pāpima, passasi yaṁ maṁ tvaṁ evaṁ vadesi: ‘kāretu, bhante, bhagavā rajjaṁ, kāretu sugato, rajjaṁ ahanaṁ aghātayaṁ ajinaṁ ajāpayaṁ asocaṁ asocāpayaṁ dhammenā’”ti?
“The Blessed One, sir, has developed and cultivated the four bases for psychic power, made them a vehicle and a basis, kept them up, consolidated them, and properly implemented them. If he wished, the Blessed One need only determine that the Himalaya, king of mountains, was gold, and it would turn into gold.”
“Bhagavatā kho, bhante, cattāro iddhipādā bhāvitā bahulīkatā yānīkatā vatthukatā anuṭṭhitā paricitā susamāraddhā. Ākaṅkhamāno ca, bhante, bhagavā himavantaṁ pabbatarājaṁ suvaṇṇaṁ tveva adhimucceyya suvaṇṇañca panassā”ti.
“Take a golden mountain,entirely of native gold, and double it—it’s still not enough for one!Knowing this, live a moral life.
“Pabbatassa suvaṇṇassa,jātarūpassa kevalo;Dvittāva nālamekassa,iti vidvā samañcare.
When a personage has seen where suffering comes fromhow could they incline toward sensual pleasures?Realizing that attachment is a chain in the world,a personage would train to remove it.”
Yo dukkhamaddakkhi yatonidānaṁ,Kāmesu so jantu kathaṁ nameyya;Upadhiṁ viditvā saṅgoti loke,Tasseva jantu vinayāya sikkhe”ti.
Then Māra the Wicked, thinking, “The Buddha knows me! The Holy One knows me!” miserable and sad, vanished right there.
Atha kho māro pāpimā “jānāti maṁ bhagavā, jānāti maṁ sugato”ti dukkhī dummano tatthevantaradhāyīti.
Dutiyo vaggo.
Tassuddānaṁ
Pāsāṇo sīho sakalikaṁ,Patirūpañca mānasaṁ;Pattaṁ āyatanaṁ piṇḍaṁ,Kassakaṁ rajjena te dasāti.