Caturaṅgasamannāgataṃ andhakāraṃ viya mahātamaṃ hutvā bodhisattaṃ patvā sūriyappabhāvihataṃ viya andhakāraṃ antaradhāyi.
Evaṃ so māro imāhi navahi vātavassapāsāṇapaharaṇaaṅgārakukkuḷa- vālukākalalandhakāravuṭṭhīhi bodhisattaṃ palāpetuṃ asakkonto "kiṃ bhaṇe tiṭṭhatha, imaṃ siddhatthakumāraṃ gaṇhatha hanatha palāpethā"ti attano parisaṃ āṇāpetvā sayampi girimekhalassa hatthino khandhe nisinno cakkāvudhaṃ ādāya bodhisattaṃ upasaṅkamitvā "siddhattha uṭṭhehi etasmā pallaṅkā, nāyaṃ tuyhaṃ pāpuṇāti, mayhaṃ esa pāpuṇātī"ti āha. Mahāsatto tassa vacanaṃ sutvā avoca "māra neva tayā dasapāramiyo pūritā, na upapāramiyo, na paramatthapāramiyo, nāpi pañca mahāpariccāgā pariccattā, na ñātatthacariyā, na lokatthacariyā, na buddhatthacariyā pūritā, sabbā tā mayāyeva pūritā, tasmā nāyaṃ pallaṅko tuyhaṃ pāpuṇāti, mayheveso pāpuṇātī"ti.
Māro kuddho kodhavegaṃ asahanto mahāpurisassa cakkāvudhaṃ vissajjesi, taṃ tassa dasa pāramiyo āvajjentasseva uparibhāge mālāvitānaṃ hutvā aṭṭhāsi. Taṃ kira khuradhāraṃ cakkāvudhaṃ aññadā kuddhena vissaṭṭhaṃ ekagghanapāsāṇatthambhe vaṃsakaḷīre viya chindantaṃ gacchati, idāni pana tasmiṃ mālāvitānaṃ hutvā ṭhite avasesā māraparisā "idāni siddhattho pallaṅkato vuṭṭhāya palāyissatī"ti mahantamahantāni selakūṭāni vissajjesuṃ, tānipi mahāpurisassa dasa pāramiyo āvajjentassa mālāguḷabhāvaṃ āpajjitvā bhūmiyaṃ patiṃsu, devatā cakkavāḷamukhavaṭṭiyaṃ ṭhitā gīvaṃ pasāretvā sīsaṃ ukkhipitvā "naṭṭho vata bho siddhatthakumārassa rūpaggappatto attabhāvo, kiṃ nu kho so karissatī"ti olokenti.
Tato bodhisatto "pūritapāramīnaṃ bodhisattānaṃ sambujjhanadivase pattapallaṅko mayhaṃ pāpuṇātī"ti vatvā ṭhitaṃ māraṃ āha "māra tuyhaṃ dānassa dinnabhāve ko sakkhī"ti. Māro "ime ettakāva janā sakkhino"ti mārabalābhimukhaṃ hatthaṃ pasāresi. Tasmiṃ khaṇe māraparisāya "ahaṃ sakkhi ahaṃ sakkhī"ti pavattasaddo paṭhaviundriyanasaddasadiso ahosi. Atha māro mahāpurisaṃ Āha "siddhattha tuyhaṃ dānassa dinnabhāve ko sakkhī"ti, mahāpuriso "tuyhaṃ tāva dānassa dinnabhāve sacetanā sakkhino, mayhaṃ pana imasmiṃ ṭhāne sacetano koci sakkhi nāma natthi, tiṭṭhatu tāva me avasesaattabhāvesu dinnadānaṃ, vessantarattabhāve pana ṭhatvā mayhaṃ sattasatakamahādānassa tāva dinnabhāve acetanāpi ayaṃ ghanamahāpaṭhavī sakkhī"ti cīvaragabbhantarato dakkhiṇahatthaṃ abhinīharitvā "vessantarattabhāve ṭhatvā mayhaṃ sattasatakamahādānassa dinnabhāve tvaṃ sakkhi na sakkhī"ti mahāpaṭhaviyābhimukhaṃ hatthaṃ pasāresi. Mahāpaṭhavī "ahaṃ te tadā sakkhī"ti viravasatena viravasahassena viravasatasahassena mārabalaṃ avattharamānā viya unnadi.