[419] Evamme sutaṃ ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā uruvelāyaṃ viharati najjā nerañjarāya tīre ajapālanigrodhe paṭhamābhisambuddho . tena kho pana samayena bhagavā rattandhakāratimisāyaṃ ajjhokāse nisinno hoti. Devo ca ekamekaṃ phusāyati.

[420] Atha kho māro pāpimā bhagavato bhayaṃ chambhitattaṃ lomahaṃsaṃ uppādetukāmo mahantaṃ hatthirājavaṇṇaṃ abhinimminitvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami . seyyathāpi nāma mahāariṭṭhako maṇi evamassa sīsaṃ hoti . seyyathāpi nāma suddhaṃ rūpiyaṃ evamassa dantā honti . Seyyathāpi nāma mahatī naṅgalīsā evamassa soṇḍo hoti.

[421] Atha kho bhagavā māro ayaṃ pāpimā iti viditvā māraṃ pāpimantaṃ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi saṃsāraṃ dīghamaddhānaṃ vaṇṇaṃ katvā subhāsubhaṃ alante tena pāpima nihato tvamasi antakāti. Atha kho māro pāpimā jānāti maṃ bhagavā jānāti maṃ sugatoti dukkhī dummano tatthevantaradhāyīti.