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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 great·Moggallānamahāmoggallāno among the Bhaggasbhaggesu was stayingviharati crocodile·bellowsusumāragire Bhesakaḷā·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 belly·gonekucchigato ishoti intestine + enteredkoṭṭhamanupaviṭṭho.
thenAtha indeedkho of the venerableāyasmato of Mahāmoggallānamahāmoggallānassa this·wasetadahosi:
why“kiṁ nownu indeedkho myme bellykucchi heavy·heavygarugaro likeviya?
a load of beansMāsācitaṁ I thinkmaññe”ti.
thenAtha indeedkho venerableāyasmā Mahāmoggallānamahāmoggallāno from the walking pathcaṅkamā down·havingorohitvā dwellingvihāraṁ into·having enteredpavisitvā spread outpaññatte on the seatāsane sat downnisīdi.

having sat downNisajja indeedkho Venerableāyasmā great·Moggallānamahāmoggallāno personallypaccattaṁ wiselyyoniso attended mentallymanasākāsi.
he sawAddasā indeedkho Venerableāyasmā great·Moggallānamahāmoggallāno Māramāraṁ the Wicked Onepāpimantaṁ belly·gonekucchigataṁ stomach·enteredkoṭṭhamanupaviṭṭhaṁ.
having seenDisvāna Māramāraṁ the Wicked Onepāpimantaṁ this·saidetadavoca:
come out“nikkhama, Wicked Onepāpima;
out·gonikkhama, Wicked Onepāpima.
do notMā thus·gonetathāgataṁ you should harassvihesesi, do notmā thus·gone·discipletathāgatasāvakaṁ.
do notMā for youte augment·beahosi 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 thus·gonetathāgataṁ harassvihesesi, do notmā disciple of the Tathāgatatathāgatasāvakaṁ.
do notMā for youte may it beahosi long·timedīgharattaṁ not·benefitahitāya for sufferingdukkhāyā’ti.
who·to himYopissa thatso Teachersatthā even hesopi memaṁ notneva quicklykhippaṁ would knowjāneyya, howkuto thenpana memaṁ thisayaṁ disciplesāvako will knowjānissatī”ti?

thenAtha indeedkho venerableāyasmā great·Moggallānamahāmoggallāno 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 thus·gonetathāgataṁ harassvihesesi, do notmā the Tathāgata's discipletathāgatasāvakaṁ.
do notMā to youte wasahosi long·timedīgharattaṁ not·benefitahitāya 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·beetadahosi:
knowing indeed“jānameva indeedkho memaṁ thisayaṁ asceticsamaṇo seeingpassaṁ thus·speakevamāha:
come out,‘nikkhama, evil one;pāpima;
come out,nikkhama, evil one.pāpima.
do notMā thus·gonetathāgataṁ you harassvihesesi, do notmā thus·gone·discipletathāgatasāvakaṁ.
let there notMā for youte beahosi long·timedīgharattaṁ for harmahitāya for suffering.'”dukkhāyā’”ti.
thenAtha indeedkho Māramāro the evil onepāpimā venerable·venerableāyasmato great·Moggallānamahāmoggallānassa from the mouthmukhato out·gouggantvā at the doorpostpaccaggaḷe stood.aṭṭhāsi.

past·seeAddasā indeedkho venerableāyasmā great·Moggallānamahāmoggallāno Māramāraṁ the Wicked Onepāpimantaṁ against the doorpaccaggaḷe standingṭhitaṁ;
having seendisvāna Māramāraṁ the Wicked Onepāpimantaṁ this·sayetadavoca:
here·even“etthāpi indeedkho you + Itāhaṁ, 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 fully·awakenedsammāsambuddho in the worldloke up·goneuppanno washoti.
of KakusandhaKakusandhassa indeedkho thenpana, O evil onepāpima, of the Blessed Onebhagavato of the perfected onearahato fully·awakenedsammāsambuddhassa Vidhura·Sañjīvavidhurasañjīvaṁ namednāma disciple·pairsāvakayugaṁ there wasahosi foremostaggaṁ a fine pairbhaddayugaṁ.
as many asYāvatā indeedkho thenpana, O evil onepāpima, of Kakusandhakakusandhassa of the Blessed Onebhagavato of the perfected onearahato fully·awakenedsammāsambuddhassa 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 Vidhura + hevidhuroteva 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 perception·feeling·cessationsaññāvedayitanirodhaṁ attainssamāpajjati.
once upon a timeBhūtapubbaṁ, O Evil Onepāpima, Venerableāyasmā Sañjīvasañjīvo at a certainaññatarasmiṁ tree·rootrukkhamūle perception·feeling·cessationsaññāvedayitanirodhaṁ attainedsamāpanno sittingnisinno washoti.
to·seeAddasaṁsu indeedkho, O Evil Onepāpima, cowherdsgopālakā shepherdspasupālakā farmerskassakā passers-bypathāvino Venerableāyasmantaṁ Sañjīvasañjīvaṁ at a certainaññatarasmiṁ tree·rootrukkhamūle perception·feeling·cessationsaññāvedayitanirodhaṁ completely·to·enteredsamāpannaṁ 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 together·collectsaṅkaḍḍhitvā of Venerableāyasmato Sañjīvasañjīvassa on the bodykāye upon·heapupacinitvā fireaggiṁ having givendatvā leftpakkamiṁsu.

thenAtha indeedkho, O Evil Onepāpima, Venerableāyasmā Sañjīvasañjīvo of thattassā nightrattiyā by the passingaccayena from thattāya attainmentsamāpattiyā having emergedvuṭṭhahitvā robescīvarāni out·shakepapphoṭetvā morning·timepubbaṇhasamayaṁ on·clothenivāsetvā bowl·robe·takingpattacīvaramādāya villagegāmaṁ for almspiṇḍāya enteredpāvisi.
they sawAddasaṁsu indeedkho thosete, O Evil Onepāpima, cow·guardgopālakā beast·guardpasupālakā 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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