Karoto te cīyate pāpanti ekaṃsena karontassa te pāpaṃ cirarattāya cirakālaṃ anatthāya dukkhāya upacīyati. Māra nibbinda buddhamhāti catusaccabuddhato buddhasāvakato nibbinda nibbijja parato kammaṃ. Āsaṃ mākāsi bhikkhusūti "bhikkhū virodhemi vihesemī"ti etaṃ āsaṃ mākāsi.
Itīti evaṃ. Māraṃ atajjesīti "māra nibbinda .pe. Bhikkhusū"ti āyasmā mahāmoggallāno. Bhesakaḷāvaneti evaṃnāmake araññe. Tatoti tajjanahetu. So dummano yakkhoti so māro domanassiko hutvā tattheva tasmiṃyeva ṭhāne antaradhāyi, adassanaṃ agamāsi. Ayañca gāthā dhammasaṅgāyanakāle ṭhapitā. Yaṃ panettha antarantarā atthato na vibhattaṃ, taṃ heṭṭhā vuttanayattā uttānameva.
Evamayaṃ mahāthero māraṃ tajjetvā devacārikānarakacārikādivasena aññehi sāvakehi asādhāraṇaṃ sattūpakāraṃ katvā āyupariyosāne parinibbāyi, parinibbāyanto ca anomadassissa bhagavato pādamūle paṇidhānaṃ katvā tato paṭṭhāya tattha tattha bhave uḷārāni puññāni katvā sāvakapāramiyā matthake ṭhitopi antarā katassa pāpakammassa vasena uṭṭhitāya kammapilotikāya titthiyehi uyyojitehi corehi bādhito anappakaṃ sarīrakhedaṃ katvā parinibbāyi. Tena vuttaṃ apadāne 3-:-
"anomadassī bhagavā lokajeṭṭho narāsabho