[492] Atha kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi āyāma bhikkhave yena isigilipassaṃ kāḷasilā tenupasaṅkamissāma yattha godhikena kulaputtena satthaṃ āharitanti . evaṃ bhanteti kho te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṃ . atha kho bhagavā sambahulehi bhikkhūhi saddhiṃ yena isigilipassaṃ kāḷasilā tenupasaṅkami . addasā kho bhagavā āyasmantaṃ godhikaṃ dūratova mañcake vivattakkhandhaṃ seyyamānaṃ . Tena kho pana samayena dhūmāyitattaṃ timirāyitattaṃ gacchateva purimaṃ disaṃ gacchati pacchimaṃ disaṃ gacchati uttaraṃ disaṃ gacchati dakkhiṇaṃ disaṃ gacchati uddhaṃ gacchati adho gacchati anudisaṃ.
[493] Atha kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi passatha no tumhe bhikkhave etaṃ dhūmāyitattaṃ timirāyitattaṃ gacchateva purimaṃ disaṃ gacchati pacchimaṃ disaṃ gacchati uttaraṃ disaṃ gacchati dakkhiṇaṃ disaṃ gacchati uddhaṃ gacchati adho gacchati anudisanti . evaṃ bhanteti . eso kho bhikkhave māro pāpimā godhikassa kulaputtassa viññāṇaṃ samanvesati kattha godhikassa kulaputtassa viññāṇaṃ patiṭṭhitanti appatiṭṭhitena ca bhikkhave viññāṇena godhiko kulaputto parinibbutoti.
[494] Atha kho māro pāpimā veḷuvapaṇḍuvīṇaṃ ādāya yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi uddhaṃ adho ca tiriyaṃ disāanudisāsvahaṃ anvesaṃ nādhigacchāmi godhiko so kuhiṃ gatoti.
[495] Yo dhīro dhitisampanno jhāyī jhānarato sadā ahorattamanuyuñjaṃ jīvitaṃ anikāmayaṃ jetvāna maccuno senaṃ anāgantvā punabbhavaṃ samūlaṃ taṇhaṃ abbuyha godhiko parinibbutoti. Tassa sokaparetassa vīṇā kacchakā abhassatha tato so dummano yakkho tatthevantaradhāyithāti .