Atha kho bhagavā vassaṁvuṭṭho bhikkhū āmantesi— “mayhaṁ kho, bhikkhave, yoniso manasikārā yoniso sammappadhānā anuttarā vimutti anuppattā, anuttarā vimutti sacchikatā. Tumhepi, bhikkhave, yoniso manasikārā yoniso sammappadhānā anuttaraṁ vimuttiṁ anupāpuṇātha, anuttaraṁ vimuttiṁ sacchikarothā”ti.
Then the Blessed One, having spent the rains, addressed the bhikkhus: “Bhikkhus, it is through radical attention and radically striving aright that I have attained the unsurpassed liberation and personally experienced the unsurpassed liberation. You too, bhikkhus, should attain the unsurpassed liberation and personally experience the unsurpassed liberation through radical attention and right striving.”
Atha kho māro pāpimā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami, upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi— “Baddhosi mārapāsehi, ye dibbā ye ca mānusā; Mahābandhanabaddhosi, na me samaṇa mokkhasī”ti. “Muttāhaṁ mārapāsehi, Ye dibbā ye ca mānusā; Mahābandhanamuttomhi, Nihato tvamasi antakā”ti. Atha kho māro pāpimā— “jānāti maṁ bhagavā, jānāti maṁ sugato”ti dukkhī dummano tatthevantaradhāyi.
Then Māra the Evil One approached the Blessed One and addressed him in verse:
“You are bound by Māra’s snares,
those that are divine and those that are human.
You are bound by a great bond.
You will not escape me, ascetic.”
“I am freed from Māra’s snares,
those that are divine and those that are human.
I am freed from the great bond.
You are defeated, End-maker.”
Then Māra the Evil One, thinking, “The Blessed One knows me. The Accomplished One knows me,” miserable and dejected, vanished right there.