1 Sāvatthinidānaṃ. Atha kho selā bhikkhunī pubbaṇhasamayaṃ nivāsetvā … pe … aññatarasmiṃ rukkhamūle divāvihāraṃ nisīdi. Atha kho māro pāpimā selāya bhikkhuniyā bhayaṃ chambhitattaṃ lomahaṃsaṃ uppādetukāmo … pe … selaṃ bhikkhuniṃ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi: 

2 "Kenidaṃ pakataṃ bimbaṃ,
kvanu bimbassa kārako;
Kvanu bimbaṃ samuppannaṃ,
kvanu bimbaṃ nirujjhatī"ti.

3 Atha kho selāya bhikkhuniyā etadahosi:  "ko nu khvāyaṃ manusso vā amanusso vā gāthaṃ bhāsatī"ti? Atha kho selāya bhikkhuniyā etadahosi:  "māro kho ayaṃ pāpimā mama bhayaṃ chambhitattaṃ lomahaṃsaṃ uppādetukāmo samādhimhā cāvetukāmo gāthaṃ bhāsatī"ti. Atha kho selā bhikkhunī "māro ayaṃ pāpimā" iti viditvā māraṃ pāpimantaṃ gāthāhi paccabhāsi: 

4 "Nayidaṃ attakataṃ bimbaṃ,
nayidaṃ parakataṃ aghaṃ;
Hetuṃ paṭicca sambhūtaṃ,
hetubhangā nirujjhati.

5 Yathā aññataraṃ bījaṃ,
khette vuttaṃ virūhati;
Pathavīrasañcāgamma,
sinehañca tadūbhayaṃ.

6 Evaṃ khandhā ca dhātuyo,
cha ca āyatanā ime;
Hetuṃ paṭicca sambhūtā,
hetubhangā nirujjhare"ti.

7 Atha kho māro pāpimā "jānāti maṃ selā bhikkhunī"ti dukkhī dummano tatthevantaradhāyīti.