Thus have I heard: | 如是我闻： |
At one time, the Buddha was staying at the Nairañjanā River near the town of Uruvilvā, not long after attaining Buddhahood under the Bodhi tree. | 一时，佛住欝鞞罗聚落尼连禅河侧，于菩提树下成佛未久。 |
At that time, Māra Pāpīyas thought, "Now the Śramaṇa Gautama is staying at the Nairañjanā River near the town of Uruvilvā, not long after attaining Buddhahood under the Bodhi tree. I shall go there to create obstacles for him." He then transformed himself into a young man and stood in front of the Buddha, speaking a verse: | 时，魔波旬作是念：「今沙门瞿昙住欝鞞罗聚落尼连禅河侧，于菩提树下成佛未久。我当往彼，为作留难。」即化作年少，往住佛前，而说偈言： |
Alone entering an empty place, meditating and contemplating in silence, having already
abandoned the wealth of the country, what more do you seek here?
If you seek the benefits of the village, why not be close
to people? Since you are not close to people, what will you ultimately obtain?
| 「独入一空处， 禅思静思惟，已舍国财宝， 于此复何求？若求聚落利， 何不习近人，既不习近人， 终竟何所得。」
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At that time, the World-Honored One thought, "The evil Māra Pāpīyas wants to create disturbances." He then spoke a verse: | 尔时，世尊作是念：「恶魔波旬欲作娆乱。」即说偈言： |
Having already obtained great wealth and benefits, the mind is content
and at peace in cessation. Subduing the armies of Māra, not
attached to form and desire. Meditating alone, enjoying the wonderful bliss
of meditation. Therefore, not associating with people, going around and being
close to them.
| 「已得大财利， 志足安寂灭，摧伏诸魔军， 不著于色欲。独一而禅思， 服食禅妙乐，是故不与人， 周旋相习近。」
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Māra again spoke a verse: | 魔复说偈言： |
Gautama, if you know the path to the peaceful and blissful nirvāṇa
the bliss of solitary good without doing anything, why do you force others?
| 「瞿昙若自知， 安隐涅槃道，独善无为乐， 何为强化人。」
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The Buddha again spoke a verse in reply: | 佛复说偈答言： |
The place where Māra cannot control, coming to ask about crossing
to the other shore, I then answer correctly, causing them to
attain nirvāṇa. At that time, they attain non-distraction, not following Māra's control.
| 「非魔所制处， 来问度彼岸，我则以正答， 令彼得涅槃。时得不放逸， 不随魔自在。」
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Māra again spoke a verse, saying: | 魔复说偈言： |
There is a stone resembling congealed fat, a flying crow wants to come and
eat it, but in the end cannot get its taste, damaging its beak and
returning to emptiness. I am now also like that, in vain returning to the heavenly palace.
| 「有石似凝膏， 飞乌欲来食，竟不得其味， 损觜还归空。我今亦如彼， 徒劳归天宫。」
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Māra, having spoken this, inwardly felt sorrow and distress, his mind gave rise to regret, he lowered his head and bowed to the ground, drawing on the ground with his finger. | 魔说是已，内怀忧戚，心生变悔，低头伏地，以指画地。 |
Māra had three daughters, named Love, Affection, and Delight, who came to Pāpīyas and spoke a verse, saying: | 魔有三女，一名爱欲，二名爱念，三名爱乐，来至波旬所，而说偈言： |
Father, why are you so worried and distressed? What is there to be
sad about, sir? I will bind him with the rope of desire, like
taming an elephant, and lead him before you, to be at your disposal.
| 「父今何愁戚， 士夫何足忧，我以爱欲绳， 缚彼如调象。牵来至父前， 令随父自在。」
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Māra replied to his daughters, | 魔答女言： |
He has already left behind affection and love, and cannot be attracted by desire. He has
already escaped from the realm of Māra, and that is why I am worried and distressed.
| 「彼已离恩爱， 非欲所能招，已出于魔境， 是故我忧愁。」
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At that time, the three daughters of Māra emitted a blazing light from their bodies, like lightning in the clouds, and came to where the Buddha was. They bowed their heads at his feet, stepped back and stood to one side, and said to the Buddha, "We now take refuge at the feet of the World-Honored One, to serve and obey." | 时，魔三女身放光焰，炽如云中电，来诣佛所，稽首礼足，退住一面，白佛言：「我今归世尊足下，给侍使令。」 |
At that time, the World-Honored One did not look at them at all. | 尔时，世尊都不顾视。 |
Knowing that the Tathāgata is free from all desires and has a well-liberated mind, he spoke thus a second and a third time. | 知如来离诸爱欲，心善解脱。如是第二、第三说。 |
At that time, the three demonesses said to each other, "Men have various kinds of desires that follow their forms. Now we should each transform into a hundred kinds of maiden forms, a hundred kinds of newly married forms, a hundred kinds of childless forms, a hundred kinds of childbearing forms, a hundred kinds of middle-aged forms, and a hundred kinds of elderly forms. Taking on these various forms, we should go to the śramaṇa Gautama and say, 'We now take refuge at your feet and offer our service.'" | 时，三魔女自相谓言：「士夫有种种随形爱欲，今当各各变化，作百种童女色、作百种初嫁色、作百种未产色、作百种已产色、作百种中年色、作百种宿年色，作此种种形类，诣沙门瞿昙所，作是言：『今悉归尊足下，供给使令。』」 |
Having made this agreement, they immediately transformed in various ways as described above and went to where the World-Honored One was. They bowed their heads at his feet, withdrew to one side, and said to the Buddha, "World-Honored One! We now take refuge at your feet and offer our service." | 作此议已，即作种种变化，如上所说，诣世尊所，稽首礼足，退住一面，白佛言：「世尊！我等今日归尊足下，供给使令。」 |
At that time, the World-Honored One did not pay them any attention. | 尔时，世尊都不顾念。 |
"The Tathāgata's Dharma is free from all desires." He said this three times. | 「如来法离诸爱欲。」如是再三说已。 |
At that time, the three demonesses said to each other, "If a man who is not free from desire sees our various wonderful bodies, his mind will be confused, the passion will surge, his chest will burst open, and hot blood will cover his face. But now the Śramaṇa Gautama does not pay any attention to us at all. If the Tathāgata is free from desire and has attained the thought of good liberation, we should each speak a verse and ask him." They then went before the Buddha, bowed their heads at his feet, and stood to one side. | 时，三魔女自相谓言：「若未离欲士夫，见我等种种妙体，心则迷乱，欲气冲击，胸臆破裂，热血熏面。然今沙门瞿昙于我等所都不顾眄，如其如来离欲解脱，得善解脱想。我等今日当复各各说偈而问。」复到佛前，稽首礼足，退住一面。 |
The demoness of desire spoke a verse, saying: | 爱欲天女即说偈言： |
Alone in meditation, silent, abandoning worldly wealth and treasures, having
given up worldly benefits, what do you seek now? If
you seek the benefits of the village, why not associate
with people? Not associating with people at all, what will
you ultimately obtain?
| 「独一禅寂默， 舍俗钱财宝，既舍于世利， 今复何所求？若求聚落利， 何不习近人，竟不习近人， 终竟何所得？」
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The Buddha spoke a verse in reply, | 佛说偈答言： |
Having already obtained great wealth and benefits, content and at peace in tranquility
having subdued the armies of Māra, not attached to form and desire. Therefore
I do not associate with people, going around and getting close to them.
| 「已得大财利， 志足安寂灭，摧伏诸魔军， 不著于色欲。是故不与人， 周旋相习近。」
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The goddess of love spoke another verse, | 爱念天女复说偈言： |
Cultivating what kind of wonderful meditation can one cross the stream of the
five desires? And by what means can one cross the sixth ocean? How
does one cultivate wonderful meditation, so that in the midst of deep and
vast desires, one can reach the other shore and not be held by love?
| 「多修何妙禅， 而度五欲流？复以何方便， 度于第六海？云何修妙禅， 于诸深广欲，得度于彼岸， 不为爱所持？」
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At that time, the World-Honored One spoke a verse in reply, | 尔时，世尊说偈答言： |
The body attains the bliss of tranquility, the mind attains
good liberation, without fabrication and without action, right mindfulness is
unshakable. Understanding all dharmas, not giving rise to various deluded
thoughts, love, anger, sleep, and delusion - these are all
already abandoned. Cultivating thus, one can cross the five desires
and also cross the sixth ocean to the other shore
Cultivating meditation thus, in the midst of deep and vast
desires, one can cross to the other shore and not
be held by them.
| 「身得止息乐， 心得善解脱，无为无所作， 正念不倾动，了知一切法， 不起诸乱觉，爱恚睡眠覆， 斯等皆已离。如是多修习， 得度于五欲，亦于第六海， 悉得度彼岸。如是修习禅， 于诸深广欲，悉得度彼岸， 不为彼所持。」
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At that time, the heavenly maiden Amare said in verse: | 时，爱乐天女复说偈言： |
Having already cut off affection and love, and accumulated thick desires, having
generated pure faith in many lives, one can cross the stream of
desire and develop bright wisdom, transcending the realm of the death demon.
| 「已断除恩爱， 淳厚积集欲，多生人净信， 得度于欲流。开发明智慧， 超逾死魔境。」
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At that time, the World-Honored One spoke in verse: | 尔时，世尊说偈答言： |
With great skillful means, widely liberating them, entering the Tathāgata's Dharma-Vinaya
they have all been liberated. Why should the wise be worried?
| 「大方便广度， 入如来法律，斯等皆已度， 慧者复何忧？」
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At that time, the three goddesses, their aspirations not fulfilled, returned to their father, the demon king Māra. | 时，三天女志愿不满，还诣其父魔波旬所。 |
At that time, the demon king Māra saw the goddesses coming from afar and spoke a verse to tease them: | 时，魔波旬遥见女来，说偈弄之： |
You three young women, boasting of your abilities, all emit the radiance
of your bodies, like lightning in the clouds, going to the place
of great diligence, each displaying your appearance, but are instead defeated by
him, like cotton blown by the wind. Wishing to break the mountain
with your nails, bite through an iron ball with your teeth, wishing
to spin a great mountain with your hair and lotus fibers. The
one who is completely liberated from all bonds, hoping to disturb his
mind, if you can bind the wind's feet, causing the moon to
fall from the sky. With your hands stirring the great ocean, exhaling
to move the snow mountains, the one who is completely liberated from
all bonds, can also cause him to be shaken. In the deep
and vast ocean, seeking a place to stand, the Tathāgata is completely
liberated from all bonds. In the great ocean of perfect enlightenment, seeking
to shake it is also like this.
| 「汝等三女子， 自夸说堪能，咸放身光焰， 如电云中流，至大精进所， 各现其容姿，反为其所破， 如风飘其绵。欲以爪破山， 齿啮破铁丸，欲以发藕丝， 旋转于大山。和合悉解脱， 而望乱其心，若] cf.【丽】能缚风足， 令月空中堕。以手抒大海， 气歔动雪山，和合悉解脱， 亦可令倾动。于深巨海中， 而求安足地，如来于一切， 和合悉解脱。正觉大海中， 求倾动亦然。」
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At that time, the demon king Māra, having teased the three goddesses, immediately disappeared. | 时] cf.【丽】魔波旬弄三女已，即没不现。 |
