1.1Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

1.2Atha kho sīsupacālā bhikkhunī pubbaṇhasamayaṁ nivāsetvā …pe…Then the nun Sīsupacālā robed up in the morning …1.3aññatarasmiṁ rukkhamūle divāvihāraṁ nisīdi.and sat at the root of a tree for the day’s meditation.

1.4Atha kho māro pāpimā yena sīsupacālā bhikkhunī tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā sīsupacālaṁ bhikkhuniṁ etadavoca:Then Māra the Wicked went up to Sīsupacālā and said to her,1.5“kassa nu tvaṁ, bhikkhuni, pāsaṇḍaṁ rocesī”ti?“Nun, whose creed do you approve of?”¹

1.6“Na khvāhaṁ, āvuso, kassaci pāsaṇḍaṁ rocemī”ti.“I don’t approve anyone’s creed, sir.”

2.1“Kaṁ nu uddissa muṇḍāsi,“In whose name did you shave your head?2.2Samaṇī viya dissasi;You look like an ascetic,2.3Na ca rocesi pāsaṇḍaṁ,but you don’t approve any creed.2.4Kimiva carasi momūhā”ti.Why do you wander as if lost?”

3.1“Ito bahiddhā pāsaṇḍā,“Followers of other creeds3.2diṭṭhīsu pasīdanti te;are confident in their views.3.3Na tesaṁ dhammaṁ rocemi,But I don’t approve their teaching,3.4te dhammassa akovidā.for they’re no experts in the Dhamma.

4.1Atthi sakyakule jāto,But there is one born in the Sakyan clan,4.2buddho appaṭipuggalo;the unrivaled Buddha,4.3Sabbābhibhū māranudo,vanquisher of all, dispeller of Māra,4.4sabbatthamaparājito.everywhere undefeated,

5.1Sabbattha mutto asito,everywhere freed, and unattached,5.2sabbaṁ passati cakkhumā;the Clear-eyed One sees all.5.3Sabbakammakkhayaṁ patto,He has attained the end of all deeds,5.4vimutto upadhisaṅkhaye;freed with the ending of attachments.5.5So mayhaṁ bhagavā satthā,That Blessed One is my Teacher,5.6tassa rocemi sāsanan”ti.and I approve his instruction.”

6.1Atha kho māro pāpimā “jānāti maṁ sīsupacālā bhikkhunī”ti dukkhī dummano tatthevantaradhāyīti.Then Māra the Wicked, thinking, “The nun Sīsupacālā knows me!” miserable and sad, vanished right there.