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Saṃyutta Nikāya - The Connected Discourses

Connected Discourses with Mara: SN4:15 Mental

  • A Saddhamma Study Group translation from the Pāḷi text (coming sooner or later).

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1 Evaṃ me sutaṃ—​   ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. Atha kho māro pāpimā yena bhagavā tenupasankami; upasankamitvā bhagavantaṃ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi: 

2 "Antalikkhacaro pāso,
yvāyaṃ carati mānaso;
Tena taṃ bādhayissāmi,
na me samaṇa mokkhasī"ti.

3 "Rūpā saddā rasā gandhā,
Phoṭṭhabbā ca manoramā;
Ettha me vigato chando,
Nihato tvamasi antakā"ti.

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