{"id":"sn4.5","title":"Māra’s Snares (2nd)","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn4.5","title":"Māra’s Snares (2nd)","units":[{"id":"sn4.5:0","sourceIds":["sn4.5:0.1","sn4.5:0.2","sn4.5:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 4.5\n1. Paṭhamavagga\nDutiyamārapāsasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 4.5\n1. Lifespan\nMāra’s Snares (2nd)"}},{"id":"sn4.5:1","sourceIds":["sn4.5:1.1","sn4.5:1.2","sn4.5:1.3","sn4.5:1.4","sn4.5:1.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā bārāṇasiyaṁ viharati isipatane migadāye.\nTatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:\n“bhikkhavo”ti.\n“Bhadante”ti te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṁ.\nBhagavā etadavoca:","en":"At 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":"sn4.5:2","sourceIds":["sn4.5:2.1","sn4.5:2.2","sn4.5:2.3","sn4.5:2.4","sn4.5:2.5","sn4.5:2.6","sn4.5:2.7","sn4.5:2.8","sn4.5:2.9"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Muttāhaṁ, bhikkhave, sabbapāsehi ye dibbā ye ca mānusā.\nTumhepi, bhikkhave, muttā sabbapāsehi ye dibbā ye ca mānusā.\nCaratha, bhikkhave, cārikaṁ bahujanahitāya bahujanasukhāya lokānukampāya atthāya hitāya sukhāya devamanussānaṁ.\nMā ekena dve agamittha.\nDesetha, bhikkhave, dhammaṁ ādikalyāṇaṁ majjhekalyāṇaṁ pariyosānakalyāṇaṁ sātthaṁ sabyañjanaṁ kevalaparipuṇṇaṁ parisuddhaṁ brahmacariyaṁ pakāsetha.\nSanti sattā apparajakkhajātikā, assavanatā dhammassa parihāyanti.\nBhavissanti dhammassa aññātāro.\nAhampi, bhikkhave, yena uruvelā senānigamo tenupasaṅkamissāmi dhammadesanāyā”ti.\nAtha kho māro pāpimā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:","en":"“Mendicants, I am freed from all snares, both human and heavenly.\nYou are also freed from all snares, both human and heavenly.\nWander forth, mendicants, for the welfare and happiness of the people, out of sympathy for the world, for the benefit, welfare, and happiness of gods and humans.\nLet not two go by one road.\nTeach the Dhamma that’s good in the beginning, good in the middle, and good in the end, meaningful and well-phrased. And reveal a spiritual practice that’s entirely full and pure.\nThere are beings with little dust in their eyes. They’re in decline because they haven’t heard the teaching.\nThere will be those who understand the teaching!\nI will travel to the town of Senā in Uruvelā in order to teach the Dhamma.”\nThen Māra the Wicked went up to the Buddha and addressed him in verse:"}},{"id":"sn4.5:3","sourceIds":["sn4.5:3.1","sn4.5:3.2","sn4.5:3.3","sn4.5:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Baddhosi sabbapāsehi,\nye dibbā ye ca mānusā;\nMahābandhanabaddhosi,\nna me samaṇa mokkhasī”ti.","en":"“You’re bound by all snares,\nboth human and heavenly.\nYou’re bound by the great bond:\nyou won’t escape me, ascetic!”"}},{"id":"sn4.5:4","sourceIds":["sn4.5:4.1","sn4.5:4.2","sn4.5:4.3","sn4.5:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Muttāhaṁ sabbapāsehi,\nYe dibbā ye ca mānusā;\nMahābandhanamuttomhi,\nNihato tvamasi antakā”ti.","en":"“I’m freed from all snares,\nboth human and heavenly.\nI’m freed from the great bonds;\nYou’re beaten, terminator!”"}},{"id":"sn4.5:5","sourceIds":["sn4.5:5.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho māro pāpimā …pe… tatthevantaradhāyīti.","en":"Then Māra … vanished right there."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn4.5/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."}