[488] Evamme sutaṃ ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe . tena kho pana samayena āyasmā godhiko isigilipasse viharati kāḷasilāyaṃ.

[489] Atha kho āyasmā godhiko appamatto ātāpī pahitatto viharanto sāmāyikaṃ cetovimuttiṃ phusi . atha kho āyasmā godhiko tamhā sāmāyikāya cetovimuttiyā parihāyi . dutiyampi kho āyasmā godhiko appamatto ātāpī pahitatto viharanto sāmāyikaṃ cetovimuttiṃ phusi . dutiyampi kho āyasmā godhiko tamhā sāmāyikāya cetovimuttiyā parihāyi . tatiyampi kho āyasmā godhiko appamatto ātāpī pahitatto viharanto sāmāyikaṃ cetovimuttiṃ phusi . tatiyampi kho āyasmā godhiko tamhā .pe. parihāyi . Catutthampi kho āyasmā godhiko appamatto .pe. Phusi . catutthampi kho āyasmā godhiko tamhā .pe. parihāyi . Pañcamampi kho āyasmā godhiko .pe. phusi . pañcamampi kho āyasmā godhiko .pe. parihāyi . chaṭṭhampi kho āyasmā godhiko appamatto ātāpī pahitatto viharanto sāmāyikaṃ cetovimuttiṃ phusi . chaṭṭhampi kho āyasmā godhiko tamhā sāmāyikāya cetovimuttiyā parihāyi . sattamampi kho āyasmā godhiko appamatto ātāpī pahitatto viharanto sāmāyikaṃ cetovimuttiṃ phusi . atha kho āyasmato godhikassa etadahosi yāva chaṭṭhaṃ khvāhaṃ sāmāyikāya cetovimuttiyā parihīno yannūnāhaṃ satthaṃ āhareyyanti.

[490] Atha kho māro pāpimā āyasmato godhikassa cetasā cetoparivitakkamaññāya yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ gāthāhi ajjhabhāsi mahāvīra mahāpañña iddhiyā yasasā jala sabbaverabhayātīta pāde vandāmi cakkhuma sāvako te mahāvīra maraṇaṃ maraṇābhibhū ākaṅkhati cetayati taṃ nisedha jutindhara kathañhi bhagavā tuyhaṃ sāvako sāsane rato appattamānaso sekho kālaṃ kayirā janesutāti. Tena kho pana samayena āyasmatā godhikena satthaṃ āharitaṃ hoti.

[491] Atha kho bhagavā māro ayaṃ pāpimā iti viditvā Māraṃ pāpimantaṃ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi evaṃ hi dhīrā kubbanti nāvakaṅkhanti jīvitaṃ samūlaṃ taṇhaṃ abbuyha godhiko parinibbutoti.