Saṁyutta Nikāya 4.11
Translators: sujato and bodhi
Linked Discourses 4.11
2. Dutiyavagga
2. Rule
Pāsāṇasutta
The Boulder Boulders
Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā rājagahe viharati gijjhakūṭe pabbate.
On one occasion the Blessed One was dwelling at Rājagaha on Mount Vulture Peak.
At one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha, on the Vulture’s Peak Mountain.
Tena kho pana samayena bhagavā rattandhakāratimisāyaṁ abbhokāse nisinno hoti, devo ca ekamekaṁ phusāyati.
Now on that occasion the Blessed One was sitting out in the open in the thick darkness of the night while it was drizzling.
Now at that time the Buddha was meditating in the open during the dark of night, while a gentle rain drizzled down.
Atha kho māro pāpimā bhagavato bhayaṁ chambhitattaṁ lomahaṁsaṁ uppādetukāmo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavato avidūre mahante pāsāṇe padālesi.
Then Māra the Evil One, wishing to arouse fear, trepidation, and terror in the Blessed One, shattered a number of huge boulders not far away from him.
Then Māra the Wicked, wanting to make the Buddha feel fear, terror, and goosebumps, approached him, and crushed some large boulders close by him.
Atha kho bhagavā “māro ayaṁ pāpimā” iti viditvā māraṁ pāpimantaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:
Then the Blessed One, having understood, “This is Māra the Evil One, ” addressed Māra the Evil One in verse:
Then the Buddha, knowing that this was Māra the Wicked, addressed him in verse:
“Sacepi kevalaṁ sabbaṁ,
“Even if, all over in its entirety,
“Even if you shake
gijjhakūṭaṁ calessasi;
you make this Vulture Peak quake,
this entire Vulture’s Peak,
Neva sammāvimuttānaṁ,
Those fully liberated,
the rightly released,
buddhānaṁ atthi iñjitan”ti.
The enlightened are not perturbed,
the awakened, are unshaken.”
Atha kho māro pāpimā “jānāti maṁ bhagavā, jānāti maṁ sugato”ti dukkhī dummano tatthevantaradhāyīti.
Then Māra the Evil One, realizing, “The Blessed One knows me, the Fortunate One knows me, ” sad and disappointed, disappeared right there.
Then Māra the Wicked, thinking, “The Buddha knows me! The Holy One knows me!” miserable and sad, vanished right there.