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Majjhima Nikāya 50

Māratajjanīyasutta

The Rebuke of Māra · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral

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whoYo indeedve by the Buddhabuddhena urgedcodito,
a mendicantbhikkhu of the Saṅghasaṅghassa watchingpekkhato;
the stilt longhouse of Migāra’s motherMigāramātupāsādaṁ,
with his big toepādaṅguṭṭhena shookkampayi.
whoYo directly knows thisetamabhijānāti,
a mendicantbhikkhu of the Buddhabuddhassa a disciplesāvako;
suchTādisaṁ having attacked a mendicantbhikkhumāsajja,
Dark Onekaṇha sufferingdukkhaṁ you will fall intonigacchasi.

I’m the one who, urged by the Buddha, shook the stilt longhouse of Migāra’s mother with his big toe as the Saṅgha of mendicants watched. Dark One, if you attack a mendicant who directly knows this, a disciple of the Buddha, you’ll fall into suffering.

whoYo of Victoryvejayantaṁ palacepāsādaṁ,
with big toepādaṅguṭṭhena shookkampayi;
owing to psychic powerIddhibalenupatthaddho,
inspired to awesaṁvejesi andca deitiesdevatā.
whoYo directly knows thisetamabhijānāti,
mendicantbhikkhu of the Buddhabuddhassa disciplesāvako;
suchTādisaṁ if you attack a mendicantbhikkhumāsajja,
Dark Onekaṇha sufferingdukkhaṁ you will fall intonigacchasi.

I’m the one who shook the Palace of Victory with his big toe owing to psychic power, inspiring deities to awe. Dark One, if you attack a mendicant who directly knows this, a disciple of the Buddha, you’ll fall into suffering.

whoYo in the Palace of Victoryvejayantapāsāde,
Sakkasakkaṁ Iso askedparipucchati;
indeedApi Vāsavavāsava you knowjānāsi,
the one freed through the ending of cravingtaṇhākkhayavimuttiyo;
to himTassa Sakkasakko admittedviyākāsi,
questionpañhaṁ askedpuṭṭho in accordance with truthyathātathaṁ.
whoYo directly knows thisetamabhijānāti,
mendicantbhikkhu of the Buddhabuddhassa disciplesāvako;
suchTādisaṁ having attacked a mendicantbhikkhumāsajja,
Dark Onekaṇha sufferingdukkhaṁ you will fall intonigacchasi.

I’m the one who asked Sakka in the Palace of Victory: ‘Vāsava, I hope you recall the one who is freed through the ending of craving?’ And I’m the one to whom Sakka admitted the truth when asked. Dark One, if you attack a mendicant who directly knows this, a disciple of the Buddha, you’ll fall into suffering.

whoYo the Divinitybrahmaṁ askedparipucchati,
from the Hall of Clear Rightsudhammāyābhito assemblysabhaṁ;
still todayAjjāpi sirtyāvuso viewdiṭṭhi,
whichyā yourte viewdiṭṭhi in the pastpure wasahu;
you seePassasi surpassingvītivattantaṁ,
in the realm of divinitybrahmaloke radiancepabhassaraṁ.
to himTassa the Divinitybrahmā admittedviyākāsi,
progressanupubbaṁ truthfullyyathātathaṁ;
notNa myme good fellowmārisa thatsā viewdiṭṭhi,
whichyā myme viewdiṭṭhi in the pastpure wasahu.
I seePassāmi surpassingvītivattantaṁ,
in the realm of divinitybrahmaloke radiancepabhassaraṁ;
so ISohaṁ todayajja howkathaṁ could I sayvajjaṁ,
Iahaṁ I am permanentniccomhi eternalsassato.
whoYo directly knows thisetamabhijānāti,
mendicantbhikkhu of the Buddhabuddhassa disciplesāvako;
suchTādisaṁ attack a mendicantbhikkhumāsajja,
Dark Onekaṇha sufferingdukkhaṁ you will fall intonigacchasi.

I’m the one who asked the Divinity in the Hall of Clear Right before the assembly: ‘Respectable sir, do you still have the same view that you had in the past? Or do you see the radiance surpassing the realm of divinity?’ And I’m the one to whom the Divinity truthfully admitted his progress: ‘Good fellow, I don’t have that view that I had in the past. I see the radiance surpassing the realm of divinity. So how could I say today that I am permanent and eternal?’ Dark One, if you attack a mendicant who directly knows this, a disciple of the Buddha, you’ll fall into suffering.

whoYo of great Merumahāmeruno peakkūṭaṁ,
with liberationvimokkhena touchedaphassayi;
forestVanaṁ of the eastern Videhanspubbavidehānaṁ,
whoye andca ground-dwellingbhūmisayā peoplenarā.
whoYo directly knows thisetamabhijānāti,
mendicantbhikkhu of the Buddhabuddhassa disciplesāvako;
suchTādisaṁ having attacked the mendicantbhikkhumāsajja,
Dark Onekaṇha sufferingdukkhaṁ you will fall intonigacchasi.

I’m the one who touched the peak of Mount Meru using the power of meditative liberation. I’ve visited the forests of the people who dwell in the land east of Videha. Dark One, if you attack a mendicant who directly knows this, a disciple of the Buddha, you’ll fall into suffering.

notNa indeedve fireaggi thinkscetayati,
I‘ahaṁ the foolbālaṁ I burnḍahāmī’ti;
the foolBālo butca blazingjalitaṁ fireaggiṁ,
attackingāsajja itnaṁ hesa gets burntḍayhati.
in the same wayEvameva youtuvaṁ Māramāra,
attackingāsajja thenaṁ Realized Onetathāgataṁ;
yourselfSayaṁ you will burnḍahissasi yourselfattānaṁ,
a foolbālo like a fireaggiṁva touchingsamphusaṁ.
demeritApuññaṁ producedpasavī Māramāro,
attackingāsajja thenaṁ Realized Onetathāgataṁ;
whatKiṁ nownu do you thinkmaññasi Wicked Onepāpima,
notna for meme wickednesspāpaṁ does not ripenvipaccati.
for the one doingKaroto is heaped upcīyati wickednesspāpaṁ,
for a long timecirarattāya terminatorantaka;
MāraMāra give upnibbinda with the Buddhabuddhamhā,
hopeāsaṁ do not makemākāsi in the mendicantsbhikkhusu.
thusIti Māramāraṁ warnedatajjesi,
the mendicantbhikkhu in the Bhesekaḷā grovebhesakaḷāvane;
thenTato heso downcastdummano spirityakkho,
disappeared right theretatthevantaradhāyathā”ti.
the Rebuke of Māra discourseMāratajjanīyasuttaṁ finishedniṭṭhitaṁ tenthdasamaṁ.
the Short Pairs chapterCūḷayamakavaggo finishedniṭṭhito fifthpañcamo.

Though a fire doesn’t think, ‘I’ll burn the fool!’ Still the fool who attacks the fire gets burnt. In the same way, Māra, in attacking the Realized One, you’ll only burn yourself, like a fool touching the flames. Māra’s done a bad thing in attacking the Realized One. Wicked One, do you imagine that your wickedness won’t bear fruit? Your deeds heap up wickedness that will last a long time, terminator! Give up on the Buddha, Māra! And hold no hope for the mendicants!” That is how, in the Bhesekaḷā grove, the mendicant warned Māra. That spirit, downcast, disappeared right there.

its summaryTassuddānaṁ
SāleyyaSāleyya Verañja-duveverañjaduve andca satisfactiontuṭṭhi,
and the shorter and greater discourse on taking up of dhammasCūḷamahādhammasamādānañca;
VīmaṁsakaVīmaṁsakā Kosambikosambi andca the brahminbrāhmaṇo,
DūsīDūsī andca Māramāro the tenthdasamo andca the chaptervaggo.

Its summary: Sāleyya, the two at Verañja, and satisfaction, the shorter and greater discourse on taking up of dhammas; Vīmaṁsaka, Kosambi, and the brahmin, Dūsī and Māra, the tenth chapter.

thisIdaṁ the summary of the sectionsvaggānamuddānaṁ
the root of all thingsMūlapariyāyo andceva,
the lion's roarsīhanādo andca the utmostuttamo;
The SawKakaco andceva Gosiṅgagosiṅgo,
the Sāleyyakasāleyyo andca theseime fivepañca.
the first fiftyMūlapaṇṇāsakaṁ completedsamattaṁ.

This is the summary of the sections: The Root of All Things, and the Supreme Lion's Roar; The Saw, and Gosiṅga, and the Sāleyyaka — these five. The First Fifty is completed.

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