Buddhacarita by Ven Asvaghosa - Ancient Buddhist Texts

Buddha-carita, or Life of Buddha - 191
44. To him thus speaking the All-wise replied, ‘Hear, O shameless one;
thou art Māra, – not the head of a clan, the upholder of the race of
the Śākyas.
45. ‘A host like thee, though they came in myriads, could not harm
me, – I will go to my kingdom gradually, I will bring the world to
perfect happiness.
46. ‘Thou art utterly vanquished, O Namuci, go back to thy own
home; I will go hence to turn the wheel of the Law in Vārāṇasī.’
47. He, on hearing this command, saying with a deep sigh, ‘Alas! I am
crushed,’ left him and went despondent and companionless through
the sky to his home.
48. Then he, the conqueror of Māra, rising from that throne, set forth
to journey alone to the holy Vārāṇasī.
49. The heavens became covered with clouds when they saw the chief
of saints, and the king of the Nāgas Mucilinda made a petition in
reverential faith:
50. ‘O holy one, thou art all-wise, there will be stormy weather for
seven days, – wind, rain, and darkness, – dwell for the time in my
abode.’
51. Though himself possessed of all supernatural power, the holy one
thought of the world still involved in embodied existence, and sitting
on that jewel-seat he remained absorbed in contemplation.