Buddhacarita by Ven Asvaghosa - Ancient Buddhist Texts

Buddha-carita, or Life of Buddha - 161
7. Then having seized his flower-made bow and his five infatuating
arrows, he drew near to the root of the Aśvattha tree with his
children, he the great disturber of the minds of living beings.
8. Having fixed his left hand on the end of the barb and playing with
the arrow, Māra thus addressed the calm seer as he sat on his seat,
preparing to cross to the further side of the ocean of existence:
9. ‘Up, up, O thou Kṣatriya, afraid of death! follow thine own duty
and abandon this law of liberation! and having conquered the lower
worlds by thy arrows [and sacrifices], proceed to gain the higher
worlds of Indra.
10. ‘That is a glorious path to travel, which has been followed by
former leaders of men; this mendicant life is ill-suited for one born in
the noble family of a royal sage to follow.
11. ‘But if thou wilt not rise, strong in thy purpose, – then be firm if
thou wilt and quit not thy resolve, – this arrow is uplifted by me, – it
is the very one which was shot against Sūryaka, the enemy of the fish.
12. ‘So too, I think, when somewhat probed by this weapon, even the
son of Iḍā, the grandson of the moon, became mad; and Sāntanu also
lost his self-control, – how much more then one of feebler powers
now that the age has grown degenerate
13. ‘Therefore quickly rise up and come to thyself - for this arrow is
ready, darting out its tongue, which I do not launch even against the