{"id":"sn4.4","title":"Māra’s Snares (1st)","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn4.4","title":"Māra’s Snares (1st)","units":[{"id":"sn4.4:0","sourceIds":["sn4.4:0.1","sn4.4:0.2","sn4.4:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 4.4\n1. Paṭhamavagga\nPaṭhamamārapāsasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 4.4\n1. Lifespan\nMāra’s Snares (1st)"}},{"id":"sn4.4:1","sourceIds":["sn4.4:1.1","sn4.4:1.2","sn4.4:1.3","sn4.4:1.4","sn4.4:1.5","sn4.4:1.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ me sutaṁ—\nekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā bārāṇasiyaṁ viharati isipatane migadāye.\nTatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:\n“bhikkhavo”ti.\n“Bhadante”ti te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṁ.\nBhagavā etadavoca:","en":"So I have heard.\nAt one time the Buddha was staying near Varanasi in the deer park at Isipatana.\nThere the Buddha addressed the mendicants,\n“Mendicants!”\n“Venerable sir,” they replied.\nThe Buddha said this:"}},{"id":"sn4.4:2","sourceIds":["sn4.4:2.1","sn4.4:2.2","sn4.4:2.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Mayhaṁ kho, bhikkhave, yoniso manasikārā yoniso sammappadhānā anuttarā vimutti anuppattā, anuttarā vimutti sacchikatā.\nTumhepi, bhikkhave, yoniso manasikārā yoniso sammappadhānā anuttaraṁ vimuttiṁ anupāpuṇātha, anuttaraṁ vimuttiṁ sacchikarothā”ti.\nAtha kho māro pāpimā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:","en":"“Mendicants, I have attained and realized supreme freedom through rational application of mind and rational right effort.\nYou too should attain and realize supreme freedom through rational application of mind and rational right effort.”\nThen Māra the Wicked went up to the Buddha and addressed him in verse:"}},{"id":"sn4.4:3","sourceIds":["sn4.4:3.1","sn4.4:3.2","sn4.4:3.3","sn4.4:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Baddhosi mārapāsena,\nye dibbā ye ca mānusā;\nMārabandhanabaddhosi,\nna me samaṇa mokkhasī”ti.","en":"“You’re bound by Māra’s snares,\nboth human and heavenly.\nYou’re bound by Māra’s bonds:\nyou won’t escape me, ascetic!”"}},{"id":"sn4.4:4","sourceIds":["sn4.4:4.1","sn4.4:4.2","sn4.4:4.3","sn4.4:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Muttāhaṁ mārapāsena,\nYe dibbā ye ca mānusā;\nMārabandhanamuttomhi,\nNihato tvamasi antakā”ti.","en":"“I’m freed from Māra’s snares,\nboth human and heavenly.\nI’m freed from Māra’s bonds.\nYou’re beaten, terminator!”"}},{"id":"sn4.4:5","sourceIds":["sn4.4:5.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho māro pāpimā …pe… tatthevantaradhāyīti.","en":"Then Māra … vanished right there."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn4.4/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."}