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2. Rule – 2. Dutiyavagga

SN 4.15 A Mental Snare – Mānasasutta

 

So I have heard.

Evaṁ me sutaṁ—

At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery.

ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.

Then Māra the Wicked went up to the Buddha and addressed him in verse:

Atha kho māro pāpimā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:

“There’s a mental snare

“Antalikkhacaro pāso,

wandering the sky.

yvāyaṁ carati mānaso;

I’ll bind you with it—

Tena taṁ bādhayissāmi,

you won’t escape me, ascetic!”

na me samaṇa mokkhasī”ti.

“Sights, sounds, tastes, smells,

“Rūpā saddā rasā gandhā,

and touches so delightful:

Phoṭṭhabbā ca manoramā;

desire for these is gone from me.

Ettha me vigato chando,

You’re beaten, terminator!”

Nihato tvamasi antakā”ti.

Then Māra the Wicked, thinking, “The Buddha knows me! The Holy One knows me!” miserable and sad, vanished right there.

Atha kho māro pāpimā “jānāti maṁ bhagavā, jānāti maṁ sugato”ti dukkhī dummano tatthevantaradhāyīti.