[443] Ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā rājagahe .pe. tatra kho bhagavā etadavoca appamidaṃ bhikkhave manussānaṃ āyu gamanīyo samparāyo kattabbaṃ kusalaṃ caritabbaṃ brahmacariyaṃ natthi jātassa amaraṇaṃ yo bhikkhave ciraṃ jīvati so vassasataṃ appaṃ vā bhiyyoti.

[444] Atha kho māro pāpimā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami Upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi nāccayanti ahorattā jīvitaṃ nūparujjhati āyuṃ anucariyati maccānaṃ nemiva rathakubbaranti.

[445] Accayanti ahorattā jīvitaṃ uparujjhati āyu khīyati maccānaṃ kunnadīnaṃva odakanti. Atha kho māro pāpimā jānāti maṃ bhagavā jānāti maṃ sugatoti dukkhī dummano tatthevantaradhāyīti. Paṭhamo vaggo. Tassuddānaṃ tapokammañca nāgo ca subhaṃ pāsena te duve sappo suppati nandanaṃ āyunā apare duveti. ---------