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Siddhartha Gautama / Buddha

Saṃyutta Nikāya: Connected Discourses Text 3

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English

Bhikkhu Sujato

Linked Discourses 4.3
1. Lifespan
Beautiful
So I have heard.
At one time, when he was first awakened, the Buddha was staying in Uruvelā at the root of the goatherd’s banyan tree on the bank of the Nerañjarā River.
Now at that time the Buddha was meditating in the open during the dark of night, while a gentle rain drizzled down.
Then Māra the Wicked, wanting to make the Buddha feel fear, terror, and goosebumps, approached him, and while not far away, displayed a rainbow of bright colors, both beautiful and ugly.
Then the Buddha, knowing that this was Māra the Wicked, replied to him in verse:
“Transmigrating for such a long time,
you’ve made forms beautiful and ugly.
Enough of this, Wicked One!
You’re beaten, terminator.
Those who are well restrained
in body, speech, and mind
don’t fall under Māra’s sway,
nor are they your footmen.”
Then Māra … vanished right there.

Pali

Saṁyutta Nikāya 4.3
1. Paṭhamavagga
Subhasutta
Evaṁ me sutaṁ - ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā uruvelāyaṁ viharati najjā nerañjarāya tīre ajapālanigrodhamūle paṭhamābhisambuddho.
Tena kho pana samayena bhagavā rattandhakāratimisāyaṁ abbhokāse nisinno hoti, devo ca ekamekaṁ phusāyati.
Atha kho māro pāpimā, bhagavato bhayaṁ chambhitattaṁ lomahaṁsaṁ uppādetukāmo, yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavato avidūre uccāvacā vaṇṇanibhā upadaṁseti, subhā ceva asubhā ca.
Atha kho bhagavā “māro ayaṁ pāpimā” iti viditvā māraṁ pāpimantaṁ gāthāhi ajjhabhāsi:
“Saṁsaraṁ dīghamaddhānaṁ,
vaṇṇaṁ katvā subhāsubhaṁ;
Alaṁ te tena pāpima,
nihato tvamasi antaka.
Ye ca kāyena vācāya,
manasā ca susaṁvutā;
Na te māravasānugā,
na te mārassa baddhagū”ti.
Atha kho māro …pe… tatthevantaradhāyīti.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11

Discours reliés 4.3
1. Durée de la vie
Beau
Ainsi ai-je entendu.
À une époque, peu après son éveil, le Bouddha séjournait à Uruvelā, au pied du figuier des banians du chevrier, sur la rive de la Nerañjarā.
Or, à ce moment-là, le Bouddha méditait en plein air dans l’obscurité de la nuit, tandis qu’une pluie fine tombait.
Alors Māra le Mauvais, voulant inspirer au Bouddha peur, terreur et chair de poule, s’approcha de lui et, non loin de là, déploya un arc-en-ciel de couleurs vives, belles et laides.
Puis le Bouddha, sachant qu’il s’agissait de Māra le Mauvais, lui répondit en vers :
« Au cours d’une si longue transmigration,
tu as produit des formes belles et laides.
Assez, Mauvais !
Tu es vaincu, exterminateur.
Ceux qui sont bien maîtrisés
dans leur corps, leur parole et leur esprit
ne tombent pas sous l’emprise de Māra
et ne sont pas tes valets. »
Alors Māra… disparut sur-le-champ.

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