Buddhacarita by Ven Asvaghosa - Ancient Buddhist Texts

Buddha-carita, or Life of Buddha - 186
8. Having said this, the saint possessing the ten pre-eminent powers,
full of joy, continued, ‘The former perfect Buddhas also did not leave
the Bodhi tree.
9. ‘Here the Kleśas and the Māras together with ignorance and the
Āsravas have been conquered by me; and perfect wisdom has been
attained able to deliver the world.
10. ‘I too, resolved to follow the teaching of the former Buddhas,
remained four whole weeks in the fulfilment of my inauguration.’
11. Then Māra, utterly despondent in soul, thus addressed the
Tathāgata, ‘O holy one, be pleased to enter Nirvāṇa, thy desires are
accomplished.’
12. ‘I will first establish in perfect wisdom worlds as numerous as the
sand, and then I will enter Nirvāṇa,’ thus did the Buddha reply, and
with a shriek Māra went to his home.
13. Then the three daughters of Māra, Lust, Thirst, and Delight,
beholding their father with defeated face, approached the Tathāgata.
14. Lust, with a face like the moon and versed in all the arts of
enchantment, tried to infatuate him by her descriptions of the
pleasures of a householder’s life.
15. ‘Think, "If I abandon an emperor’s happiness, with what paltry
happiness shall I have to content myself When success is lost, what
shall I have to enjoy" – and come and take refuge with us.