9. Selāsuttaṃ

170. 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 –

‘‘Kenidaṃ pakataṃ bimbaṃ, kvanu ² 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 –

‘‘Nayidaṃ attakataṃ ⁵ bimbaṃ, nayidaṃ parakataṃ ⁶ 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.