8. Mārakathā

32. Atha kho bhagavā te bhikkhū āmantesi ² – ‘‘muttāhaṃ, bhikkhave, sabbapāsehi, ye dibbā ye ca mānusā. Tumhepi, bhikkhave , muttā sabbapāsehi, ye dibbā ye ca mānusā. Caratha, bhikkhave, cārikaṃ bahujanahitāya bahujanasukhāya lokānukampāya atthāya hitāya sukhāya devamanussānaṃ. Mā ekena dve agamittha. Desetha, bhikkhave, dhammaṃ ādikalyāṇaṃ majjhekalyāṇaṃ pariyosānakalyāṇaṃ sātthaṃ sabyañjanaṃ kevalaparipuṇṇaṃ parisuddhaṃ brahmacariyaṃ pakāsetha. Santi sattā apparajakkhajātikā , assavanatā dhammassa parihāyanti, bhavissanti dhammassa aññātāro. Ahampi, bhikkhave, yena uruvelā senānigamo tenupasaṅkamissāmi dhammadesanāyā’’ti.

33. Atha kho māro pāpimā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami, upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi –

‘‘Baddhosi sabbapāsehi, ye dibbā ye ca mānusā;

Mahābandhanabaddhosi, na me samaṇa mokkhasī’’ti.

‘‘Muttāhaṃ ⁴ sabbapāsehi, ye dibbā ye ca mānusā;

Mahābandhanamuttomhi, nihato tvamasi antakāti.

⁶ ‘‘Antalikkhacaro pāso, yvāyaṃ carati mānaso;

Tena taṃ bādhayissāmi, na me samaṇa mokkhasīti.

⁸ ‘‘Rūpā saddā rasā gandhā, phoṭṭhabbā ca manoramā;

Ettha me vigato chando, nihato tvamasi antakā’’ti.

Atha kho māro pāpimā – jānāti maṃ bhagavā, jānāti maṃ sugatoti dukkhī dummano

Tatthevantaradhāyīti.

Mārakathā niṭṭhitā.