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Ekadivasañhi satthā pañcasatānaṃ kumārikānaṃ sotāpattimaggassūpanissayaṃ disvā taṃ gāmaṃ upanissāya vihāsi.
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For one day the Teacher perceived that five hundred maidens possessed the faculties requisite for attaining the Fruit of Conversion, and therefore went and took up his residence near this village.
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Tāpi kumārikāyo ekasmiṃ nakkhattadivase nadiṃ gantvā nhatvā alaṅkatapaṭiyattā gāmābhimukhiyo pāyiṃsu.
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Now on a certain festival day those maidens went to the river and bathed, and having so done, adorned themselves with rich apparel and jewels and set out in the direction of the village.
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Satthāpi taṃ gāmaṃ pavisitvā piṇḍāya carati.
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Accordingly the Teacher also entered that village and went about the village receiving alms.
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Atha māro sakalagāmavāsīnaṃ sarīre adhimuccitvā yathā satthā kaṭacchubhattamattampi na labhati, evaṃ katvā yathādhotena pattena nikkhamantaṃ satthāraṃ gāmadvāre ṭhatvā āha – "api, samaṇa, piṇḍapātaṃ labhitthā"ti.
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Now Māra took possession of the bodies of all the inhabitants of that village, with the result that the Teacher received not so much as a spoonful of boiled rice. As the Teacher departed from that village with bowl clean as it had been washed, Māra took his stand at the gate of that village and said to him, “Monk, you received no alms?”
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"Kiṃ pana tvaṃ, pāpima, tathā akāsi, yathāhaṃ piṇḍaṃ na labheyya"nti?
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“Embodiment of evil, why have you so wrought that I should receive no alms?”
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"Tena hi, bhante, puna pavisathā"ti.
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“Very well, Reverend Sir, enter the village again.”
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Evaṃ kirassa ahosi – "sace puna pavisati, sabbesaṃ sarīre adhimuccitvā imassa purato pāṇiṃ paharitvā hassakeḷiṃ karissāmī"ti.
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This thought, we are told, was in Māra’s mind, “If he enters the village again, I will take possession of the bodies of all the villagers and will cause them to clap their hands before his face, laugh in his face, and make all manner of fun of him.”
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Tasmiṃ khaṇe tā kumārikāyo gāmadvāraṃ patvā satthāraṃ disvā vanditvā ekamantaṃ aṭṭhaṃsu.
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At that moment those maidens reached the gate of the village, and seeing the Teacher, saluted him and stood respectfully on one side.
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Māropi satthāraṃ āha – "api, bhante, piṇḍaṃ alabhamānā jighacchādukkhena pīḷitatthā"ti.
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Then said Māra to the Teacher, “Reverend Sir, seeing that you received not a morsel of food, you must be oppressed with the pangs of hunger.”
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Satthā "ajja mayaṃ, pāpima, kiñci alabhitvāpi ābhassaraloke mahābrahmāno viya pītisukheneva vītināmessāmā"ti vatvā imaṃ gāthamāha –
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The Teacher replied, “Embodiment of evil, though to-day we received naught, yet shall we spend the day in the bliss of joy, like Great Brahmā in the Heaven of the Bright Gods.” So saying, he pronounced the following Stanza,
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