Sīsupacālāsutta

Sāvatthinidānaṁ. Atha kho sīsupacālā bhikkhunī pubbaṇhasamayaṁ nivāsetvā …pe… aññatarasmiṁ rukkhamūle divāvihāraṁ nisīdi. Atha kho māro pāpimā yena sīsupacālā bhikkhunī tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā sīsupacālaṁ bhikkhuniṁ etadavoca: “kassa nu tvaṁ, bhikkhuni, pāsaṇḍaṁ rocesī”ti? “Na khvāhaṁ, āvuso, kassaci pāsaṇḍaṁ rocemī”ti.

At Sāvatthī. Then the nun Sīsupacālā robed up in the morning … and sat at the root of a tree for the day’s meditation. Then Māra the Wicked went up to Sīsupacālā and said to her, “Nun, whose creed do you approve of?” “I don’t approve anyone’s creed, sir.”

“Kaṁ nu uddissa muṇḍāsi, Samaṇī viya dissasi; Na ca rocesi pāsaṇḍaṁ, Kimiva carasi momūhā”ti.

“In whose name did you shave your head? You look like an ascetic, but you don’t approve any creed. Why do you wander as if lost?”

“Ito bahiddhā pāsaṇḍā, diṭṭhīsu pasīdanti te; Na tesaṁ dhammaṁ rocemi, te dhammassa akovidā.

“Followers of other creeds are confident in their views. But I don’t approve their teaching, for they’re no experts in the Dhamma.

Atthi sakyakule jāto, buddho appaṭipuggalo; Sabbābhibhū māranudo, sabbatthamaparājito.

But there is one born in the Sakyan clan, the unrivaled Buddha, vanquisher of all, dispeller of Māra, everywhere undefeated,

Sabbattha mutto asito, sabbaṁ passati cakkhumā; Sabbakammakkhayaṁ patto, vimutto upadhisaṅkhaye; So mayhaṁ bhagavā satthā, tassa rocemi sāsanan”ti.

everywhere freed, and unattached, the Clear-eyed One sees all. He has attained the end of all deeds, freed with the ending of attachments. That Blessed One is my Teacher, and I approve his instruction.”

Atha kho māro pāpimā “jānāti maṁ sīsupacālā bhikkhunī”ti dukkhī dummano tatthevantaradhāyīti.

Then Māra the Wicked, thinking, “The nun Sīsupacālā knows me!” miserable and sad, vanished right there.