{"id":"sn4.25","title":"Māra’s Daughters","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn4.25","title":"Māra’s Daughters","units":[{"id":"sn4.25:0","sourceIds":["sn4.25:0.1","sn4.25:0.2","sn4.25:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 4.25\n3. Tatiyavagga\nMāradhītusutta","en":"Linked Discourses 4.25\n3. Māra\nMāra’s Daughters"}},{"id":"sn4.25:1","sourceIds":["sn4.25:1.1","sn4.25:1.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho māro pāpimā bhagavato santike imā nibbejanīyā gāthāyo abhāsitvā tamhā ṭhānā apakkamma bhagavato avidūre pathaviyaṁ pallaṅkena nisīdi tuṇhībhūto maṅkubhūto pattakkhandho adhomukho pajjhāyanto appaṭibhāno kaṭṭhena bhūmiṁ vilikhanto.\nAtha kho taṇhā ca arati ca ragā ca māradhītaro yena māro pāpimā tenupasaṅkamiṁsu; upasaṅkamitvā māraṁ pāpimantaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsiṁsu:","en":"And then Māra the Wicked, after reciting these verses of disillusionment in the Buddha’s presence, left that place. He sat cross-legged on the ground not far from the Buddha, silent, dismayed, shoulders drooping, downcast, depressed, with nothing to say, scratching the ground with a stick.\nThen Māra’s daughters Craving, Malignancy, and Lust went up to Māra the Wicked, and addressed him in verse:"}},{"id":"sn4.25:2","sourceIds":["sn4.25:2.1","sn4.25:2.2","sn4.25:2.3","sn4.25:2.4","sn4.25:2.5","sn4.25:2.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kenāsi dummano tāta,\npurisaṁ kaṁ nu socasi;\nMayaṁ taṁ rāgapāsena,\nāraññamiva kuñjaraṁ;\nBandhitvā ānayissāma,\nvasago te bhavissatī”ti.","en":"“Why so downhearted, dad?\nWhat man are you upset about?\nWe’ll catch him with the snare of lust,\nlike an elephant in the wild.\nWe’ll tie him up and bring him back—\nhe’ll fall under your sway!”"}},{"id":"sn4.25:3","sourceIds":["sn4.25:3.1","sn4.25:3.2","sn4.25:3.3","sn4.25:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Arahaṁ sugato loke,\nna rāgena suvānayo;\nMāradheyyaṁ atikkanto,\ntasmā socāmahaṁ bhusan”ti.","en":"“In this world he is the perfected one, the Holy One.\nHe’s not easily seduced by lust.\nHe has slipped free of Māra’s dominion;\nthat’s why I’m so upset.”"}},{"id":"sn4.25:4","sourceIds":["sn4.25:4.1","sn4.25:4.2","sn4.25:4.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho taṇhā ca arati ca ragā ca māradhītaro yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkamiṁsu; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ etadavocuṁ:\n“pāde te, samaṇa, paricāremā”ti.\nAtha kho bhagavā na manasākāsi, yathā taṁ anuttare upadhisaṅkhaye vimutto.","en":"Then Māra’s daughters Craving, Malignancy, and Lust went up to the Buddha, and said to him,\n“We serve at your feet, ascetic.”\nBut the Buddha ignored them, since he was freed with the supreme ending of attachments."}},{"id":"sn4.25:5","sourceIds":["sn4.25:5.1","sn4.25:5.2","sn4.25:5.3","sn4.25:5.4","sn4.25:5.5","sn4.25:5.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho taṇhā ca arati ca ragā ca māradhītaro ekamantaṁ apakkamma evaṁ samacintesuṁ:\n“uccāvacā kho purisānaṁ adhippāyā.\nYannūna mayaṁ ekasataṁ ekasataṁ kumārivaṇṇasataṁ abhinimmineyyāmā”ti.\nAtha kho taṇhā ca arati ca ragā ca māradhītaro ekasataṁ ekasataṁ kumārivaṇṇasataṁ abhinimminitvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkamiṁsu; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ etadavocuṁ:\n“pāde te, samaṇa, paricāremā”ti.\nTampi bhagavā na manasākāsi, yathā taṁ anuttare upadhisaṅkhaye vimutto.","en":"Then Craving, Malignancy, and Lust withdrew to one side to think up a plan.\n“Men have a diverse spectrum of tastes.\nWhy don’t we each manifest in the form of a hundred young maidens?”\nSo that’s what they did. Then they went up to the Buddha and said to him,\n“We serve at your feet, ascetic.”\nBut the Buddha still ignored them, since he was freed with the supreme ending of attachments."}},{"id":"sn4.25:6","sourceIds":["sn4.25:6.1","sn4.25:6.2","sn4.25:6.3","sn4.25:6.4","sn4.25:6.5","sn4.25:6.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho taṇhā ca arati ca ragā ca māradhītaro ekamantaṁ apakkamma evaṁ samacintesuṁ:\n“uccāvacā kho purisānaṁ adhippāyā.\nYannūna mayaṁ ekasataṁ ekasataṁ avijātavaṇṇasataṁ abhinimmineyyāmā”ti.\nAtha kho taṇhā ca arati ca ragā ca māradhītaro ekasataṁ ekasataṁ avijātavaṇṇasataṁ abhinimminitvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkamiṁsu; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ etadavocuṁ:\n“pāde te, samaṇa, paricāremā”ti.\nTampi bhagavā na manasākāsi, yathā taṁ anuttare upadhisaṅkhaye vimutto.","en":"Then Craving, Malignancy, and Lust withdrew to one side to think up a plan.\n“Men have a diverse spectrum of tastes.\nWhy don’t we each manifest in the form of a hundred women who have never given birth?”\nSo that’s what they did. Then they went up to the Buddha and said to him,\n“We serve at your feet, ascetic.”\nBut the Buddha still ignored them, since he was freed with the supreme ending of attachments."}},{"id":"sn4.25:7","sourceIds":["sn4.25:7.1","sn4.25:7.2","sn4.25:7.3","sn4.25:7.4","sn4.25:7.5","sn4.25:7.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho taṇhā ca …pe…\nyannūna mayaṁ ekasataṁ ekasataṁ sakiṁ vijātavaṇṇasataṁ abhinimmineyyāmāti.\nAtha kho taṇhā ca …pe…\nsakiṁ vijātavaṇṇasataṁ abhinimminitvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkamiṁsu; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ etadavocuṁ:\n“pāde te, samaṇa, paricāremā”ti.\nTampi bhagavā na manasākāsi, yathā taṁ anuttare upadhisaṅkhaye vimutto.","en":"Then Craving, Malignancy, and Lust …\neach manifested in the form of a hundred women who have given birth once …"}},{"id":"sn4.25:8","sourceIds":["sn4.25:8.1","sn4.25:8.2","sn4.25:8.3","sn4.25:8.4","sn4.25:8.5","sn4.25:8.6","sn4.25:8.7","sn4.25:8.8","sn4.25:8.9","sn4.25:8.10"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho taṇhā ca …pe…\nyannūna mayaṁ ekasataṁ ekasataṁ duvijātavaṇṇasataṁ abhinimmineyyāmāti.\nAtha kho taṇhā ca …pe…\nduvijātavaṇṇasataṁ abhinimminitvā yena bhagavā …pe…\nyathā taṁ anuttare upadhisaṅkhaye vimutto.\nAtha kho taṇhā ca …pe…\nmajjhimitthivaṇṇasataṁ abhinimmineyyāmā”ti.\nAtha kho taṇhā ca …pe…\nmajjhimitthivaṇṇasataṁ abhinimminitvā …pe…\nanuttare upadhisaṅkhaye vimutto.","en":"women who have given birth twice …\nmiddle-aged women …"}},{"id":"sn4.25:9","sourceIds":["sn4.25:9.1","sn4.25:9.2","sn4.25:9.3","sn4.25:9.4","sn4.25:9.5","sn4.25:9.6","sn4.25:9.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho taṇhā ca …pe…\nmahitthivaṇṇasataṁ abhinimmineyyāmāti.\nAtha kho taṇhā ca …pe…\nmahitthivaṇṇasataṁ abhinimminitvā yena bhagavā …pe…\nanuttare upadhisaṅkhaye vimutto.\nAtha kho taṇhā ca arati ca ragā ca māradhītaro ekamantaṁ apakkamma etadavocuṁ:\n“saccaṁ kira no pitā avoca:","en":"old women …\nBut the Buddha still ignored them, since he was freed with the supreme ending of attachments.\nThen Craving, Malignancy, and Lust withdrew to one side and said,\n“What our father said is true:"}},{"id":"sn4.25:10","sourceIds":["sn4.25:10.1","sn4.25:10.2","sn4.25:10.3","sn4.25:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Arahaṁ sugato loke,\nna rāgena suvānayo;\nMāradheyyaṁ atikkanto,\ntasmā socāmahaṁ bhusan’ti.","en":"‘In this world he is the perfected one, the Holy One.\nHe’s not easily seduced by lust.\nHe has slipped free of Māra’s dominion;\nthat’s why I’m so upset.’"}},{"id":"sn4.25:11","sourceIds":["sn4.25:11.1","sn4.25:11.2","sn4.25:11.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yañhi mayaṁ samaṇaṁ vā brāhmaṇaṁ vā avītarāgaṁ iminā upakkamena upakkameyyāma hadayaṁ vāssa phaleyya, uṇhaṁ lohitaṁ vā mukhato uggaccheyya, ummādaṁ vā pāpuṇeyya cittakkhepaṁ vā.\nSeyyathā vā pana naḷo harito luto ussussati visussati milāyati;\nevameva ussusseyya visusseyya milāyeyyā”ti.","en":"For if we had come on to any ascetic or brahmin like this who was not free of lust, his heart would explode, or he’d spew hot blood from his mouth, or he’d go mad or lose his mind.\nHe’d dry up, wither away, and shrivel up like a green reed that was mowed down.”"}},{"id":"sn4.25:12","sourceIds":["sn4.25:12.1","sn4.25:12.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho taṇhā ca arati ca ragā ca māradhītaro yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkamiṁsu; upasaṅkamitvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhaṁsu.\nEkamantaṁ ṭhitā kho taṇhā māradhītā bhagavantaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:","en":"Then Māra’s daughters Craving, Malignancy, and Lust went up to the Buddha, and stood to one side.\nMāra’s daughter Craving addressed the Buddha in verse:"}},{"id":"sn4.25:13","sourceIds":["sn4.25:13.1","sn4.25:13.2","sn4.25:13.3","sn4.25:13.4","sn4.25:13.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sokāvatiṇṇo nu vanamhi jhāyasi,\nVittaṁ nu jīno uda patthayāno;\nĀguṁ nu gāmasmimakāsi kiñci,\nKasmā janena na karosi sakkhiṁ;\nSakkhī na sampajjati kenaci te”ti.","en":"“Are you swamped by sorrow that you meditate in the forest?\nHave you lost a fortune, or do you long for one?\nOr perhaps you’ve committed some crime in the village?\nWhy don’t you get too close to people?\nAnd why does no one get close to you?”"}},{"id":"sn4.25:14","sourceIds":["sn4.25:14.1","sn4.25:14.2","sn4.25:14.3","sn4.25:14.4","sn4.25:14.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Atthassa pattiṁ hadayassa santiṁ,\nJetvāna senaṁ piyasātarūpaṁ;\nEkohaṁ jhāyaṁ sukhamanubodhiṁ,\nTasmā janena na karomi sakkhiṁ;\nSakkhī na sampajjati kenaci me”ti.","en":"“I’ve reached the goal, peace of heart.\nHaving conquered the army of the likable and pleasant,\nalone, practicing absorption, I awakened to bliss.\nThat’s why I don’t get too close to people,\nand no one gets too close to me.”"}},{"id":"sn4.25:15","sourceIds":["sn4.25:15.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho arati māradhītā bhagavantaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:","en":"Then Māra’s daughter Malignancy addressed the Buddha in verse:"}},{"id":"sn4.25:16","sourceIds":["sn4.25:16.1","sn4.25:16.2","sn4.25:16.3","sn4.25:16.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kathaṁvihārībahulodha bhikkhu,\nPañcoghatiṇṇo atarīdha chaṭṭhaṁ;\nKathaṁ jhāyiṁ bahulaṁ kāmasaññā,\nParibāhirā honti aladdha yo tan”ti.","en":"“How does a mendicant who has crossed five floods\nusually meditate here while crossing the sixth?\nHow do they usually practice absorption so that sensual perceptions\nare blocked out and don’t get hold of them?”"}},{"id":"sn4.25:17","sourceIds":["sn4.25:17.1","sn4.25:17.2","sn4.25:17.3","sn4.25:17.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Passaddhakāyo suvimuttacitto,\nAsaṅkharāno satimā anoko;\nAññāya dhammaṁ avitakkajhāyī,\nNa kuppati na sarati na thino.","en":"“With tranquil body and mind well freed,\nwithout making choices, mindful, homeless;\nunderstanding the teaching, they practice absorption without placing the mind;\nthey’re not shaking or drifting or rigid."}},{"id":"sn4.25:18","sourceIds":["sn4.25:18.1","sn4.25:18.2","sn4.25:18.3","sn4.25:18.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁvihārībahulodha bhikkhu,\nPañcoghatiṇṇo atarīdha chaṭṭhaṁ;\nEvaṁ jhāyiṁ bahulaṁ kāmasaññā,\nParibāhirā honti aladdha yo tan”ti.","en":"That’s how a mendicant who has crossed five floods\nusually meditates here while crossing the sixth.\nThat’s how they usually practice absorption so that sensual perceptions\nare blocked out and don’t get hold of them.”"}},{"id":"sn4.25:19","sourceIds":["sn4.25:19.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho ragā māradhītā bhagavato santike gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:","en":"Then Māra’s daughter Lust addressed the Buddha in verse:"}},{"id":"sn4.25:20","sourceIds":["sn4.25:20.1","sn4.25:20.2","sn4.25:20.3","sn4.25:20.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Acchejja taṇhaṁ gaṇasaṅghacārī,\nAddhā carissanti bahū ca saddhā;\nBahuṁ vatāyaṁ janataṁ anoko,\nAcchejja nessati maccurājassa pāran”ti.","en":"“He lives with his community after cutting off craving,\nand many of the faithful will cross over for sure.\nAlas, this homeless one will snatch many men away,\nand lead them past the King of Death!”"}},{"id":"sn4.25:21","sourceIds":["sn4.25:21.1","sn4.25:21.2","sn4.25:21.3","sn4.25:21.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Nayanti ve mahāvīrā,\nsaddhammena tathāgatā;\nDhammena nayamānānaṁ,\nkā usūyā vijānatan”ti.","en":"“The great heroes they lead\nby means of the true teaching.\nWhen the Realized Ones are leading by the teaching,\nhow could anyone who knows be jealous?”"}},{"id":"sn4.25:22","sourceIds":["sn4.25:22.1","sn4.25:22.2","sn4.25:22.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho taṇhā ca arati ca ragā ca māradhītaro yena māro pāpimā tenupasaṅkamiṁsu.\nAddasā kho māro pāpimā taṇhañca aratiñca ragañca māradhītaro dūratova āgacchantiyo.\nDisvāna gāthāhi ajjhabhāsi:","en":"Then Māra’s daughters Craving, Malignancy, and Lust went up to Māra the Wicked.\nMāra the Wicked saw them coming off in the distance,\nand addressed them in verse:"}},{"id":"sn4.25:23","sourceIds":["sn4.25:23.1","sn4.25:23.2","sn4.25:23.3","sn4.25:23.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Bālā kumudanāḷehi,\npabbataṁ abhimatthatha;\nGiriṁ nakhena khanatha,\nayo dantehi khādatha.","en":"“Fools! You drill into a mountain\nwith lotus stalks!\nYou dig up a hill with your nails!\nYou chew iron with your teeth!"}},{"id":"sn4.25:24","sourceIds":["sn4.25:24.1","sn4.25:24.2","sn4.25:24.3","sn4.25:24.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Selaṁva sirasūhacca,\npātāle gādhamesatha;\nKhāṇuṁva urasāsajja,\nnibbijjāpetha gotamā”ti.","en":"You seek a footing in the abyss, as it were,\nwhile lifting a rock with your head!\nAfter attacking a stump with your breast, as it were,\nyou leave Gotama disappointed.”"}},{"id":"sn4.25:25","sourceIds":["sn4.25:25.1","sn4.25:25.2","sn4.25:25.3","sn4.25:25.4","sn4.25:25.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Daddallamānā āgañchuṁ,\ntaṇhā ca aratī ragā;\nTā tattha panudī satthā,\ntūlaṁ bhaṭṭhaṁva māluto”ti.\nTatiyo vaggo.","en":"They came dazzling—\nCraving, Malignancy, and Lust.\nBut the Teacher brushed them off right there,\nlike the gale, a fallen tuft."}},{"id":"sn4.25:26","sourceIds":["sn4.25:26.0","sn4.25:26.1","sn4.25:26.2","sn4.25:26.3","sn4.25:26.4","sn4.25:26.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassuddānaṁ\nSambahulā samiddhi ca,\nGodhikaṁ sattavassāni;\nDhītaraṁ desitaṁ buddha,\nSeṭṭhena imaṁ mārapañcakanti.\nMārasaṁyuttaṁ samattaṁ.","en":"The Linked Discourses with Māra are complete."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn4.25/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."}