Mahakhandhako, The Great Chapter sections 1-4

The Great Chapter - 102
Dutiya-Mārakathā
19: The Second Story about Māra 153
Atha kho Bhagavā Vassaṁ vuttho bhikkhū āmantesi:
Then the Gracious One, having stayed for the Rains Retreat, 154 addressed the monks,
(saying):
“Mayhaṁ kho bhikkhave yoniso manasikārā yoniso sammappadhānā,
“I, monks, through wise application of thought, through wise endeavour,
anuttarā vimutti anuppattā anuttarā vimutti sacchikatā;
have attained supreme liberation, have experienced supreme liberation;
tumhe pi bhikkhave yoniso manasikārā yoniso sammappadhānā,
you also, monks, through wise application of thought, through wise endeavour,
anuttaraṁ vimuttiṁ anupāpuṇātha anuttaraṁ vimuttiṁ sacchikarothā.” ti
have attained supreme liberation, have experienced supreme liberation.”
Atha kho Māro Pāpimā yena Bhagavā tenupasaṅkami,
Then the Wicked Māra approached the Gracious One,
upasaṅkamitvā Bhagavantaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:
and after approaching the Gracious One he spoke this verse:
“Baddhosi Mārapāsehi ye dibbā ye ca mānusā,
“You are bound with Māra’s snares, both divine and human,
Mārabandhanabaddhosi, na me samaṇa mokkhasī!” ti
You are bound in Māra’s bonds, you are not free from me, ascetic!”
“Muttohaṁ Mārapāsehi ye dibbā ye ca mānusā,
“I am liberated from Māra’s snares, both divine and human,
Mārabandhanamuttomhi: nihato tvam-asi Antakā!” ti
I am liberated from Māra’s bonds: you are brought low, End-Maker!”
Atha kho Māro Pāpimā: “Jānāti maṁ Bhagavā jānāti maṁ Sugato!” ti
Then the Wicked Māra (understood): “The Gracious One knows me, the Fortunate
One knows me!”
153 Cf. Paṭhamamārapāsasuttaṁ in Mārasaṁyuttaṁ, SN1.4.4, where the order of the sections
is reversed.
154 The mention here of the end of the Rains Retreat must mean that this section is misplaced,
or, more likely, a variation of the First Story about Māra, as that formed the basis for the
Buddha sending out the sixty monks on pilgrimage, which implies that the Rains Retreat
had already finished.