{"id":"sn4.12","title":"Lion","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn4.12","title":"Lion","units":[{"id":"sn4.12:0","sourceIds":["sn4.12:0.1","sn4.12:0.2","sn4.12:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 4.12\n2. Dutiyavagga\nKinnusīhasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 4.12\n2. Rule\nLion"}},{"id":"sn4.12:1","sourceIds":["sn4.12:1.1","sn4.12:1.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.\nTena kho pana samayena bhagavā mahatiyā parisāya parivuto dhammaṁ deseti.","en":"At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery.\nNow, at that time the Buddha was teaching Dhamma, surrounded by a large assembly."}},{"id":"sn4.12:2","sourceIds":["sn4.12:2.1","sn4.12:2.2","sn4.12:2.3","sn4.12:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho mārassa pāpimato etadahosi:\n“ayaṁ kho samaṇo gotamo mahatiyā parisāya parivuto dhammaṁ deseti.\nYannūnāhaṁ yena samaṇo gotamo tenupasaṅkameyyaṁ vicakkhukammāyā”ti.\nAtha kho māro pāpimā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:","en":"Then Māra thought,\n“The ascetic Gotama is teaching Dhamma, surrounded by a large assembly.\nWhy don’t I go and pull the wool over their eyes?”\nThen Māra the Wicked went up to the Buddha and addressed him in verse:"}},{"id":"sn4.12:3","sourceIds":["sn4.12:3.1","sn4.12:3.2","sn4.12:3.3","sn4.12:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kinnu sīhova nadasi,\nparisāyaṁ visārado;\nPaṭimallo hi te atthi,\nvijitāvī nu maññasī”ti.","en":"“Why now do you roar like a lion?\nYou’re so self-assured in the assembly!\nFor there is someone who’ll wrestle with you,\nso why do you imagine you’re the victor?”"}},{"id":"sn4.12:4","sourceIds":["sn4.12:4.1","sn4.12:4.2","sn4.12:4.3","sn4.12:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Nadanti ve mahāvīrā,\nparisāsu visāradā;\nTathāgatā balappattā,\ntiṇṇā loke visattikan”ti.","en":"“The great heroes they roar,\nself-assured in the assemblies.\nThe Realized One, attained to power,\nhas crossed over clinging to the world.”"}},{"id":"sn4.12:5","sourceIds":["sn4.12:5.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho māro pāpimā “jānāti maṁ bhagavā, jānāti maṁ sugato”ti dukkhī dummano tatthevantaradhāyīti.","en":"Then Māra the Wicked, thinking, “The Buddha knows me! The Holy One knows me!” miserable and sad, vanished right there."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn4.12/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}