Saṃyutta Nikāya 5
1. Bhikkhunīvagga
9. Selāsutta
Sāvatthinidānaṃ. Atha kho selā bhikkhunī pubbaṇhasamayaṃ nivāsetvā … pe … aññatarasmiṃ rukkhamūle divāvihāraṃ nisīdi. Atha kho māro pāpimā selāya bhikkhuniyā bhayaṃ chambhitattaṃ lomahaṃsaṃ uppādetukāmo … pe … selaṃ bhikkhuniṃ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:
VAR: kvanu → kvannu (bj, pts1-2) | kvaci (s1-3, km, mr)
kvanu bimbassa kārako;
Kvanu bimbaṃ samuppannaṃ,
kvanu bimbaṃ nirujjhatī”ti.
Atha kho selāya bhikkhuniyā etadahosi: “ko nu khvāyaṃ manusso vā amanusso vā gāthaṃ bhāsatī”ti? Atha kho selāya bhikkhuniyā etadahosi: “māro kho ayaṃ pāpimā mama bhayaṃ chambhitattaṃ lomahaṃsaṃ uppādetukāmo samādhimhā cāvetukāmo gāthaṃ bhāsatī”ti. Atha kho selā bhikkhunī “māro ayaṃ pāpimā” iti viditvā māraṃ pāpimantaṃ gāthāhi paccabhāsi:
VAR: Nayidaṃ attakataṃ → nayidaṃ pakataṃ (s1-3, km)
VAR: nayidaṃ parakataṃ → nayidaṃ pakataṃ (s1-3, km)
nayidaṃ parakataṃ aghaṃ;
Hetuṃ paṭicca sambhūtaṃ,
hetubhaṅgā nirujjhati.Yathā aññataraṃ bījaṃ,
khette vuttaṃ virūhati;
Pathavīrasañcāgamma,
sinehañca tadūbhayaṃ.Evaṃ khandhā ca dhātuyo,
cha ca āyatanā ime;
Hetuṃ paṭicca sambhūtā,
hetubhaṅgā nirujjhare”ti.
Atha kho māro pāpimā “jānāti maṃ selā bhikkhunī”ti dukkhī dummano tatthevantaradhāyīti.