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Majjhima Nikāya 50

Māratajjanīyasutta

The Rebuke of Māra · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral

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thusEvaṁ by meme heardsutaṁ—
oneekaṁ timesamayaṁ venerableāyasmā Mahāmoggallānamahāmoggallāno among the Bhaggasbhaggesu was stayingviharati at Crocodile's Bellowsusumāragire in Bhesakaḷā's Woodbhesakaḷāvane in the deer parkmigadāye.

at thatTena indeedkho nowpana at the timesamayena venerableāyasmā Mahāmoggallānamahāmoggallāno in the open airabbhokāse walkscaṅkamati.
at thatTena indeedkho nowpana at the timesamayena Māramāro the Wickedpāpimā of the venerableāyasmato of Mahāmoggallānamahāmoggallānassa entered the bellykucchigato ishoti entered the intestineskoṭṭhamanupaviṭṭho.
thenAtha indeedkho of the venerableāyasmato of Mahāmoggallānamahāmoggallānassa this occurredetadahosi:
why“kiṁ nownu indeedkho myme bellykucchi very heavygarugaro likeviya?
a load of beansMāsācitaṁ I thinkmaññe”ti.
thenAtha indeedkho venerableāyasmā Mahāmoggallānamahāmoggallāno from the walking pathcaṅkamā having descendedorohitvā dwellingvihāraṁ having enteredpavisitvā spread outpaññatte on the seatāsane sat downnisīdi.

having sat downNisajja indeedkho Venerableāyasmā Mahāmoggallānamahāmoggallāno personallypaccattaṁ wiselyyoniso attended mentallymanasākāsi.
he sawAddasā indeedkho Venerableāyasmā Mahāmoggallānamahāmoggallāno Māramāraṁ the Wicked Onepāpimantaṁ having entered the bellykucchigataṁ entered the stomachkoṭṭhamanupaviṭṭhaṁ.
having seenDisvāna Māramāraṁ the Wicked Onepāpimantaṁ said thisetadavoca:
come out“nikkhama, Wicked Onepāpima;
come outnikkhama, Wicked Onepāpima.
do notMā the Realized Onetathāgataṁ you should harassvihesesi, do notmā the disciple of the Realized Onetathāgatasāvakaṁ.
do notMā for youte may there beahosi for a long timedīgharattaṁ to harmahitāya to sufferingdukkhāyā”ti.

thenAtha indeedkho of Māramārassa the Evil Onepāpimato this occurredetadahosi:
not knowing“ajānameva indeedkho memaṁ thisayaṁ asceticsamaṇo not seeingapassaṁ speaks thusevamāha:
come out‘nikkhama, Evil Onepāpima;
come outnikkhama, Evil Onepāpima.
do notMā the Tathāgatatathāgataṁ harassvihesesi, do notmā disciple of the Tathāgatatathāgatasāvakaṁ.
do notMā for youte may it beahosi for a long timedīgharattaṁ for harmahitāya for sufferingdukkhāyā’ti.
who if to himYopissa thatso Teachersatthā even hesopi memaṁ notneva quicklykhippaṁ would knowjāneyya, howkuto thenpana memaṁ thisayaṁ disciplesāvako will knowjānissatī”ti?

thenAtha indeedkho venerableāyasmā Mahāmoggallānamahāmoggallāno Māramāraṁ the Wicked Onepāpimantaṁ said thisetadavoca:
even thus“evampi indeedkho I youtāhaṁ, Wicked Onepāpima, I knowjānāmi, do notmā youtvaṁ thoughtmaññittho:
not‘na memaṁ he knowsjānātī’ti.
you areMāro you aretvamasi, Wicked Onepāpima;
for you indeedtuyhañhi, Wicked Onepāpima, thusevaṁ it ishoti:
not knowing indeed‘ajānameva indeedkho memaṁ thisayaṁ asceticsamaṇo not seeingapassaṁ thus saysevamāha—
come outnikkhama, Wicked Onepāpima;
come outnikkhama, Wicked Onepāpima.
do notMā the Tathāgatatathāgataṁ harassvihesesi, do notmā the Tathāgata's discipletathāgatasāvakaṁ.
do notMā to youte wasahosi for a long timedīgharattaṁ for harmahitāya for sufferingdukkhāyāti.
who indeedYopissa heso teachersatthā he toosopi memaṁ not indeedneva quicklykhippaṁ would knowjāneyya, howkuto thenpana memaṁ thisayaṁ disciplesāvako will knowjānissatī’”ti?

thenAtha indeedkho of Māramārassa of the evil onepāpimato this occurred to him:etadahosi:
knowing indeed“jānameva indeedkho memaṁ thisayaṁ asceticsamaṇo seeingpassaṁ speaks thus:evamāha:
come out,‘nikkhama, evil one;pāpima;
come out,nikkhama, evil one.pāpima.
do notMā the Tathāgatatathāgataṁ you harassvihesesi, do notmā the Tathāgata's disciple.tathāgatasāvakaṁ.
let there notMā for youte beahosi for a long timedīgharattaṁ for harmahitāya for suffering.'”dukkhāyā’”ti.
thenAtha indeedkho Māramāro the evil onepāpimā of the venerableāyasmato of Mahāmoggallānamahāmoggallānassa from the mouthmukhato having come outuggantvā at the doorpostpaccaggaḷe stood.aṭṭhāsi.

he sawAddasā indeedkho venerableāyasmā Mahāmoggallānamahāmoggallāno Māramāraṁ the Wicked Onepāpimantaṁ against the doorpaccaggaḷe standingṭhitaṁ;
having seendisvāna Māramāraṁ the Wicked Onepāpimantaṁ said thisetadavoca:
even here“etthāpi indeedkho I youtāhaṁ, Wicked Onepāpima, I seepassāmi; do notmā youtvaṁ you thoughtmaññittho
not‘na memaṁ he seespassatī’ti.
thatEso youtvaṁ, Wicked Onepāpima, against the doorpaccaggaḷe standingṭhito.

in the past I wasBhūtapubbāhaṁ, Wicked Onepāpima, Dūsīdūsī namednāma a Māramāro I wasahosiṁ, of thattassa to meme Kāḷīkāḷī namednāma a sisterbhaginī.
of herTassā youtvaṁ a sonputto.
therefore youSo to meme youtvaṁ a nephewbhāgineyyo you wereahosi.

at thatTena indeedkho thenpana, O evil onepāpima, at the timesamayena Kakusandhakakusandho the Blessed Onebhagavā the perfected onearahaṁ the fully awakened Buddhasammāsambuddho in the worldloke arisenuppanno washoti.
of KakusandhaKakusandhassa indeedkho thenpana, O evil onepāpima, of the Blessed Onebhagavato of the perfected onearahato of the fully awakened Buddhasammāsambuddhassa named Vidhura and Sañjīvavidhurasañjīvaṁ namednāma a pair of disciplessāvakayugaṁ there wasahosi foremostaggaṁ a fine pairbhaddayugaṁ.
as many asYāvatā indeedkho thenpana, O evil onepāpima, of Kakusandhakakusandhassa of the Blessed Onebhagavato of the perfected onearahato of the fully awakened Buddhasammāsambuddhassa disciplessāvakā.
among themTesu notna andca anyonekoci with Venerableāyasmatā Vidhuravidhurena equalsamasamo ishoti that isyadidaṁ in teaching Dhammadhammadesanāya.
by thisIminā indeedkho thusevaṁ, O evil onepāpima, by way ofpariyāyena of Venerableāyasmato Vidhuravidhurassa as Vidhuravidhuroteva the designationsamaññā aroseudapādi.

VenerableĀyasmā butpana, O Evil Onepāpima, Sañjīvasañjīvo gone to a wildernessaraññagatopi gone to the root of a treerukkhamūlagatopi gone to an empty hutsuññāgāragatopi easilyappakasireneva cessation of perception and feelingsaññāvedayitanirodhaṁ attainssamāpajjati.
once upon a timeBhūtapubbaṁ, O Evil Onepāpima, Venerableāyasmā Sañjīvasañjīvo at a certainaññatarasmiṁ at the root of a treerukkhamūle cessation of perception and feelingsaññāvedayitanirodhaṁ attainedsamāpanno sittingnisinno washoti.
sawAddasaṁsu indeedkho, O Evil Onepāpima, cowherdsgopālakā shepherdspasupālakā farmerskassakā passers-bypathāvino Venerableāyasmantaṁ Sañjīvasañjīvaṁ at a certainaññatarasmiṁ at the root of a treerukkhamūle cessation of perception and feelingsaññāvedayitanirodhaṁ attainedsamāpannaṁ sittingnisinnaṁ;
having seendisvāna of themtesaṁ this occurredetadahosi:
how incredible‘acchariyaṁ indeedvata oh lordbho, how amazingabbhutaṁ indeedvata, oh lordbho.
thisAyaṁ asceticsamaṇo while seatednisinnakova passed awaykālaṅkato.
come nowHanda himnaṁ we should crematedahāmā’ti.
thenAtha indeedkho thosete, O Evil Onepāpima, cowherdsgopālakā shepherdspasupālakā farmerskassakā passers-bypathāvino grass andtiṇañca wood andkaṭṭhañca cow-dung andgomayañca having collectedsaṅkaḍḍhitvā of Venerableāyasmato Sañjīvasañjīvassa on the bodykāye having heapedupacinitvā fireaggiṁ having givendatvā leftpakkamiṁsu.

thenAtha indeedkho, O Evil Onepāpima, Venerableāyasmā Sañjīvasañjīvo of thattassā nightrattiyā by the passingaccayena from thattāya attainmentsamāpattiyā having emergedvuṭṭhahitvā robescīvarāni having shaken outpapphoṭetvā in the morningpubbaṇhasamayaṁ having robednivāsetvā having taken bowl and robepattacīvaramādāya villagegāmaṁ for almspiṇḍāya enteredpāvisi.
they sawAddasaṁsu indeedkho thosete, O Evil Onepāpima, cowherdsgopālakā shepherdspasupālakā farmerskassakā passers-bypathāvino Venerableāyasmantaṁ Sañjīvasañjīvaṁ for almspiṇḍāya wanderingcarantaṁ;
having seendisvāna to themnesaṁ this occurredetadahosi:
how incredible‘acchariyaṁ indeedvata oh lordbho, how amazingabbhutaṁ indeedvata, oh lordbho.
thisAyaṁ asceticsamaṇo while seatednisinnakova passed awaykālaṅkato, and now hesvāyaṁ has come back to lifepaṭisañjīvito’ti.
by thisIminā indeedkho thusevaṁ, O Evil Onepāpima, waypariyāyena of Venerableāyasmato Sañjīvasañjīvassa Sañjīva indeedsañjīvoteva designationsamaññā aroseudapādi.

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