[464] On one occasion the Blessed One was dwelling at Vesālī, in the Mahāvana (Great Wood), in the Kūṭāgārasālā (the Hall with the Peaked Roof).
Now on that occasion the Blessed One was instructing, urging, rousing, and gladdening the bhikkhus with a Dhamma talk concerning the six bases for contact (phassāyatana).
And those bhikkhus, having made it a matter of vital concern, attending to it, focusing on it with their whole mind, lending ear, were listening to the Dhamma.
Then it occurred to Māra the Evil One: "This ascetic Gotama is instructing, urging, rousing, and gladdening the bhikkhus with a Dhamma talk concerning the six bases for contact, and those bhikkhus, having made it a matter of vital concern, attending to it, focusing on it with their whole mind, lending ear, are listening to the Dhamma. Suppose I were to approach the ascetic Gotama in order to confound their vision."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.