At Sāvatthī. Then the nun Cālā robed up in the morning … and sat at the root of a tree for the day’s meditation. Then Māra the Wicked went up to Cālā and said to her,
“Nun, what don’t you approve of?” “I don’t approve of rebirth, sir.” “Why don’t you approve of rebirth? When you’re born, you get to enjoy sensual pleasures.
PL
“kiṁ nu tvaṁ, bhikkhuni, na rocesī”ti? “Jātiṁ khvāhaṁ, āvuso, na rocemī”ti. “Kiṁ nu jātiṁ na rocesi, jāto kāmāni bhuñjati;
EN
Who put this idea in your head: ‘Nun, don’t approve of rebirth’?” “Death comes to those who are born, when you’re born you undergo sufferings—
PL
Ko nu taṁ idamādapayi, jātiṁ mā roca bhikkhunī”ti. “Jātassa maraṇaṁ hoti, jāto dukkhāni phussati;
EN
killing, caging, misery— that’s why you shouldn’t approve of rebirth. The Buddha taught me the Dhamma for transcending rebirth,
for giving up all suffering; he settled me in the truth. There are beings in the realm of luminous form, and others stuck in the formless.
PL
Sabbadukkhappahānāya, so maṁ sacce nivesayi. Ye ca rūpūpagā sattā, ye ca arūpaṭṭhāyino;
EN
Not understanding cessation, they return in future lives.” Then Māra the Wicked, thinking, “The nun Cālā knows me!” miserable and sad, vanished right there.
At Sāvatthī. Then the nun Cālā robed up in the morning … and sat at the root of a tree for the day’s meditation. Then Māra the Wicked went up to Cālā and said to her,
“Nun, what don’t you approve of?” “I don’t approve of rebirth, sir.” “Why don’t you approve of rebirth? When you’re born, you get to enjoy sensual pleasures.
PL
“kiṁ nu tvaṁ, bhikkhuni, na rocesī”ti? “Jātiṁ khvāhaṁ, āvuso, na rocemī”ti. “Kiṁ nu jātiṁ na rocesi, jāto kāmāni bhuñjati;
EN
Who put this idea in your head: ‘Nun, don’t approve of rebirth’?” “Death comes to those who are born, when you’re born you undergo sufferings—
PL
Ko nu taṁ idamādapayi, jātiṁ mā roca bhikkhunī”ti. “Jātassa maraṇaṁ hoti, jāto dukkhāni phussati;
EN
killing, caging, misery— that’s why you shouldn’t approve of rebirth. The Buddha taught me the Dhamma for transcending rebirth,
for giving up all suffering; he settled me in the truth. There are beings in the realm of luminous form, and others stuck in the formless.
PL
Sabbadukkhappahānāya, so maṁ sacce nivesayi. Ye ca rūpūpagā sattā, ye ca arūpaṭṭhāyino;
EN
Not understanding cessation, they return in future lives.” Then Māra the Wicked, thinking, “The nun Cālā knows me!” miserable and sad, vanished right there.
Sutraya