1At Sāvatthī.

Then the nun Upacālā robed up in the morning … and sat at the root of a tree for the day’s meditation.

Then Māra the Wicked went up to Upacālā and said to her: “Nun, where do you want to be reborn?”

“I don’t want to be reborn anywhere, sir.”

2“There are the Gods of the Thirty-Three, and those of Yama;
also the Joyful Deities,
the Gods Who Love to Create,
and the Gods Who Control the Creations of Others.
Set your heart on such places,
and you’ll undergo delight.”

3“The Gods of the Thirty-Three, and those of Yama;
also the Joyful Deities,
the Gods Who Love to Create,
and the Gods Who Control the Creations of Others —
they’re bound with the bonds of sensuality;
they fall under your sway again.

4All the world is on fire,
all the world is smoldering,
all the world is ablaze,
all the world is rocking.

5My mind adores that place
where Māra cannot go;
it’s not shaking or burning,
and not frequented by ordinary people.”

6Then Māra the Wicked, thinking: “The nun Upacālā knows me!” miserable and sad, vanished right there.

1Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

Atha kho upacālā bhikkhunī pubbaṇhasamayaṁ nivāsetvā … pe … aññatarasmiṁ rukkhamūle divāvihāraṁ nisīdi.

Atha kho māro pāpimā yena upacālā bhikkhunī tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā upacālaṁ bhikkhuniṁ etadavoca: "kattha nu tvaṁ, bhikkhuni, uppajjitukāmā"ti?

"Na khvāhaṁ, āvuso, katthaci uppajjitukāmā"ti.

2"Tāvatiṁsā ca yāmā ca,
tusitā cāpi devatā;
Nimmānaratino devā,
ye devā vāsavāttino;
Tattha cittaṁ paṇidhehi,
ratiṁ paccanubhossasī"ti.

3"Tāvatiṁsā ca yāmā ca,
tusitā cāpi devatā;
Nimmānaratino devā,
ye devā vāsavāttino;
Kāmabandhanabaddhā te,
enti māravasaṁ puna.

4Sabbo ādīpito loko,
sabbo loko padhūpito;
Sabbo pajjālito loko,
sabbo loko pakampito.

5Akampitaṁ apajjalitaṁ,
aputhujjanasevitaṁ;
Agati yattha mārassa,
tattha me nirato mano"ti.

6Atha kho māro pāpimā "jānāti maṁ upacālā bhikkhunī"ti dukkhī dummano tatthevantaradhāyīti.