1 Ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā kosalesu viharati ekasālāyaṃ brāhmaṇagāme. Tena kho pana samayena bhagavā mahatiyā gihiparisāya parivuto dhammaṃ deseti.

2 Atha kho mārassa pāpimato etadahosi:  "ayaṃ kho samaṇo gotamo mahatiyā gihiparisāya parivuto dhammaṃ deseti. Yannūnāhaṃ yena samaṇo gotamo tenupasankameyyaṃ vicakkhukammāyā"ti. Atha kho māro pāpimā yena bhagavā tenupasankami; upasankamitvā bhagavantaṃ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi: 

3 "Netaṃ tava patirūpaṃ,
yadaññamanusāsasi;
Anurodhavirodhesu,
mā sajjittho tadācaran"ti.

4 "Hitānukampī sambuddho,
yadaññamanusāsati;
Anurodhavirodhehi,
vippamutto tathāgato"ti.

5 Atha kho māro pāpimā "jānāti maṃ bhagavā, jānāti maṃ sugato"ti dukkhī dummano tatthevantaradhāyīti.