[551] Evamme sutaṃ ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme . tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi bhikkhavoti. Bhadanteti te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṃ.

[552] Bhagavā etadavoca ekamidāhaṃ bhikkhave samayaṃ ukkaṭṭhāyaṃ viharāmi subhagavane sālarājamūle . tena kho pana bhikkhave samayena bakassa brahmuno evarūpaṃ pāpakaṃ diṭṭhigataṃ uppannaṃ hoti idaṃ niccaṃ idaṃ dhuvaṃ idaṃ sassataṃ idaṃ kevalaṃ idaṃ acavanadhammaṃ idaṃ hi na jāyati na jīyati na mīyati na cavati na upapajjati ito ca panaññaṃ uttariṃ nissaraṇaṃ natthīti . atha khvāhaṃ bhikkhave bakassa brahmuno cetasā ceto parivitakkamaññāya seyyathāpi nāma balavā puriso sammiñjitaṃ vā bāhaṃ pasāreyya pasāritaṃ vā bāhaṃ sammiñjeyya evameva ukkaṭṭhāyaṃ subhagavane sālarājamūle antarahito tasmiṃ brahmaloke pāturahosi. {552.1} Addasā kho maṃ bhikkhave bako brahmā dūratova āgacchantaṃ disvāna maṃ etadavoca ehi kho mārisa svāgataṃ mārisa cirassaṃ kho mārisa imaṃ pariyāyamakāsi yadidaṃ adhāgamanāya idaṃ hi mārisa niccaṃ idaṃ dhuvaṃ idaṃ sassataṃ idaṃ kevalaṃ idaṃ acavanadhammaṃ idaṃ hi na jāyati na jīyati na mīyati na cavati na upapajjati ito ca panaññaṃ uttariṃ nissaraṇaṃ natthīti . evaṃ vutte ahaṃ bhikkhave bakaṃ brahmānaṃ Etadavocaṃ avijjāgato vata bho bako brahmā avijjāgato vata bho bako brahmā yatra hi nāma aniccaṃyeva samānaṃ niccanti vakkhati adhuvaṃyeva samānaṃ dhuvanti vakkhati assassataṃyeva samānaṃ sassatanti vakkhati akevalaṃyeva samānaṃ kevalanti vakkhati cavanadhammaṃyeva samānaṃ acavanadhammanti vakkhati yattha ca pana jāyati ca jīyati ca mīyati ca cavati ca upapajjati ca taṃ tathā vakkhati idaṃ hi na jāyati na jīyati na mīyati na cavati na upapajjatīti santañca panaññaṃ uttariṃ nissaraṇaṃ natthaññaṃ uttariṃ nissaraṇanti vakkhatīti.

[553] Atha kho bhikkhave māro pāpimā aññataraṃ brahmapārisajjaṃ anvāvisitvā maṃ etadavoca bhikkhu bhikkhu metamāsado metamāsado eso hi bhikkhu brahmā mahābrahmā abhibhū anabhibhūto aññadatthu daso vasavattī issaro kattā nimmitā seṭṭho sajjitā vasī pitā bhūta bhabyānaṃ . ahesuṃ kho [5]- bhikkhu tayā pubbe samaṇabrāhmaṇā lokasmiṃ paṭhavīgarahakā paṭhavījigucchakā āpagarahakā āpajigucchakā tejagarahakā tejajigucchakā vāyagarahakā vāyajigucchakā bhūtagarahakā bhūtajigucchakā devagarahakā devajigucchakā pajāpatigarahakā pajāpatijigucchakā brahmagarahakā brahmajigucchakā te kāyassa bhedā pāṇupacchedā hīne kāye patiṭṭhitā. {553.1} Ahesuṃ kho pana bhikkhu tayā pubbe samaṇabrāhmaṇā lokasmiṃ paṭhavīpasaṃsakā paṭhavābhinandino āpapasaṃsakā āpābhinandino tejapasaṃsakā tejābhinandino vāyapasaṃsakā Vāyābhinandino bhūtapasaṃsakā bhūtābhinandino devapasaṃsakā devābhinandino pajāpatipasaṃsakā pajāpatābhinandino brahmapasaṃsakā brahmābhinandino te kāyassa bhedā pāṇupacchedā paṇīte kāye patiṭṭhitā . kintāhaṃ bhikkhu evaṃ vadāmi iṅgha tvaṃ mārisa yadeva te brahmā āha tadeva tvaṃ karohi mā tvaṃ brahmuno vacanaṃ upātivattittho sace kho tvaṃ bhikkhu brahmuno vacanaṃ upātivattissasi . seyyathāpi nāma puriso siriṃ āgacchantiṃ daṇḍena paṭippanāmeyya seyyathāpi vā pana bhikkhu puriso narakappapāte papatanto hatthehi ca pādehi ca paṭhaviṃ virājeyya evaṃ sampadamidaṃ bhikkhu tuyhaṃ bhavissati. {553.2} Iṅgha tvaṃ mārisa yadeva te brahmā āha tadeva tvaṃ karohi mā tvaṃ brahmuno vacanaṃ upātivattittho nanu tvaṃ bhikkhu passasi brahmaparisaṃ sannisinnanti . iti kho maṃ bhikkhave māro pāpimā brahmaparisaṃ upanesi . evaṃ vutte ahaṃ bhikkhave māraṃ pāpimantaṃ etadavocaṃ jānāmi kho tāhaṃ pāpima mā tvaṃ maññittho na maṃ jānātīti māro tvamasi pāpima yo ceva pāpima brahmā yā ca brahmaparisā ye ca brahmapārisajjā sabbeva tava hatthagatā sabbe tava vasaṅgatā tuyhaṃ hi pāpima evaṃ hoti esopi me assa hatthagato esopi me assa vasaṅgatoti ahaṃ kho pana pāpima neva tava hatthagato neva tava vasaṅgatoti.