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[[Bhikkhu Bodhi]]}}<br/><br/> | [[Bhikkhu Bodhi]]}}<br/><br/> | ||
− | Setting at Savatthi. Then, in the morning, the bhikkhuni Uppalavanna dressed... she stood at the foot of a sala tree in full flower. | + | Setting at [[Savatthi]]. Then, in the morning, the [[bhikkhuni]] [[Uppalavanna]] dressed... she stood at the foot of a sala [[tree]] in full [[flower]]. |
− | Then Mara the Evil One, desiring to arouse fear, trepidation, and terror in the bhikkhuni Uppalavanna, desiring to make her fall away from concentration, approached her and addressed her in verse: | + | Then [[Mara]] the [[Evil One]], [[desiring]] to arouse [[fear]], trepidation, and {{Wiki|terror}} in the [[bhikkhuni]] [[Uppalavanna]], [[desiring]] to make her fall away from [[concentration]], approached her and addressed her in verse: |
<poem> | <poem> | ||
− | Having gone to a sala tree with flowering top, | + | Having gone to a sala [[tree]] with flowering top, |
− | You stand at its foot all alone, bhikkhuni. | + | You stand at its foot all alone, [[bhikkhuni]]. |
− | There is none whose beauty can rival your own: | + | There is none whose [[beauty]] can rival your own: |
− | Foolish girl, have you no fear of rogues? | + | [[Foolish]] girl, have you no [[fear]] of rogues? |
− | Then it occurred to the bhikkhuni Uppalavanna: [132] "Now who is this...? This is Mara the Evil One... desiring to make me fall away from concentration." | + | Then it occurred to the [[bhikkhuni]] [[Uppalavanna]]: [132] "Now who is this...? This is [[Mara]] the [[Evil One]]... [[desiring]] to make me fall away from [[concentration]]." |
− | Then the bhikkhuni Uppalavanna, having understood, "This is Mara the Evil One," replied to him in verses: | + | Then the [[bhikkhuni]] [[Uppalavanna]], having understood, "This is [[Mara]] the [[Evil One]]," replied to him in verses: |
Though a hundred thousand rogues | Though a hundred thousand rogues | ||
Just like you might come here, | Just like you might come here, | ||
− | I stir not a hair, I feel no terror; | + | I stir not a [[hair]], I [[feel]] no {{Wiki|terror}}; |
− | Even alone, Mara, I don't fear you. | + | Even alone, [[Mara]], I don't [[fear]] you. |
I can make myself disappear | I can make myself disappear | ||
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Yet you won't catch a glimpse of me. | Yet you won't catch a glimpse of me. | ||
− | I am the master of my own mind, | + | I am the [[master]] of my own [[mind]], |
The bases of power are well developed; | The bases of power are well developed; | ||
I am freed from every kind of bondage, | I am freed from every kind of bondage, | ||
− | Therefore I don't fear you, friend. | + | Therefore I don't [[fear]] you, [[friend]]. |
− | Then Mara the Evil One, realizing, "The bhikkhuni Uppalavanna knows me," sad and disappointed, disappeared right there. | + | Then [[Mara]] the [[Evil One]], [[realizing]], "The [[bhikkhuni]] [[Uppalavanna]] [[knows]] me," [[sad]] and disappointed, disappeared right there. |
</poem> | </poem> | ||
{{R}} | {{R}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:12, 3 April 2014
Uppalavanna
translated from the Pali by
Bhikkhu Bodhi
Setting at Savatthi. Then, in the morning, the bhikkhuni Uppalavanna dressed... she stood at the foot of a sala tree in full flower.
Then Mara the Evil One, desiring to arouse fear, trepidation, and terror in the bhikkhuni Uppalavanna, desiring to make her fall away from concentration, approached her and addressed her in verse:
Having gone to a sala tree with flowering top,
You stand at its foot all alone, bhikkhuni.
There is none whose beauty can rival your own:
Foolish girl, have you no fear of rogues?
Then it occurred to the bhikkhuni Uppalavanna: [132] "Now who is this...? This is Mara the Evil One... desiring to make me fall away from concentration."
Then the bhikkhuni Uppalavanna, having understood, "This is Mara the Evil One," replied to him in verses:
Though a hundred thousand rogues
Just like you might come here,
I stir not a hair, I feel no terror;
Even alone, Mara, I don't fear you.
I can make myself disappear
Or I can enter inside your belly.
I can stand between your eyebrows
Yet you won't catch a glimpse of me.
I am the master of my own mind,
The bases of power are well developed;
I am freed from every kind of bondage,
Therefore I don't fear you, friend.
Then Mara the Evil One, realizing, "The bhikkhuni Uppalavanna knows me," sad and disappointed, disappeared right there.