5.7. Upacàlà

Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

Atha kho upacālā bhikkhunī pubbaṇhasamayaṁ nivāsetvā …pe…

aññatarasmiṁ rukkhamūle divāvihāraṁ nisīdi.

Atha kho māro pāpimā yena upacālā bhikkhunī tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā upacālaṁ bhikkhuniṁ etadavoca:

“kattha nu tvaṁ, bhikkhuni, uppajjitukāmā”ti?

“Na khvāhaṁ, āvuso, katthaci uppajjitukāmā”ti.

“Tāvatiṁsā ca yāmā ca,

tusitā cāpi devatā;

Nimmānaratino devā,

ye devā vasavattino;

Tattha cittaṁ paṇidhehi,

ratiṁ paccanubhossasī”ti.

“Tāvatiṁsā ca yāmā ca,

tusitā cāpi devatā;

Nimmānaratino devā,

ye devā vasavattino;

Kāmabandhanabaddhā te,

enti māravasaṁ puna.

Sabbo ādīpito loko,

sabbo loko padhūpito;

Sabbo pajjālito loko,

sabbo loko pakampito.

Akampitaṁ apajjalitaṁ,

aputhujjanasevitaṁ;

Agati yattha mārassa,

tattha me nirato mano”ti.

Atha kho māro pāpimā “jānāti maṁ upacālā bhikkhunī”ti dukkhī dummano tatthevantaradhāyīti.

SC 1At Savatthi. Then, in the morning, the bhikkhuni Upacala dressed … she sat down at the foot of a tree for the day’s abiding.

SC 2Then Mara the Evil One approached the bhikkhuni Upacala and said to her: “Where do you wish to be reborn, bhikkhuni?”

“I do not wish to be reborn anywhere, friend.”

SC 3 “There are Tavatiṁsa and Yama devas,
And devatās of the Tusita realm,
Devas who take delight in creating,
And devas who exercise control.
Direct your mind there to those realms
And you’ll experience delight.”

The bhikkhuni Upacala:

SC 4 “There are Tavatiṁsa and Yama devas,
And devatās of the Tusita realm,
Devas who take delight in creating,
And devas who exercise control.
They are still bound by sensual bondage,
They come again under Mara’s control.

SC 5 “All the world is on fire,
All the world is burning,
All the world is ablaze,
All the world is quaking.

SC 6 “That which does not quake or blaze,
That to which worldlings do not resort,
Where there is no place for Mara:
That is where my mind delights.”

SC 7Then Mara the Evil One, realizing, “The bhikkhuni Upacala knows me, sad and disappointed, disappeared right there.