[479] Then Māra the Evil One (pāpimā), having conjured up the appearance of a brahmin — with a great topknot of matted hair, clad in an antelope hide, aged, crooked as a rafter, breathing with a rasping wheeze, holding a staff of udumbara wood — approached those bhikkhus; and having approached, he said this to those bhikkhus: "You, good sirs, have gone forth while young — mere lads with black hair, endowed with the blessing of youth — and in the first stage of life you have not yet sported amid sensual pleasures (kāma). Let the good sirs enjoy human sensual pleasures; do not abandon what is directly visible (sandiṭṭhika) and run after what takes time (kālika)."
"Brahmin, we do not abandon what is directly visible and run after what takes time; rather, brahmin, having abandoned what takes time, we run after what is directly visible. For, brahmin, the Blessed One has said that sensual pleasures take time, that they bring much suffering (dukkha) and much despair (upāyāsa), and that the danger (ādīnava) in them is still greater; whereas this Dhamma is directly visible, immediate (akālika), inviting one to come and see (ehipassika), leading onward (opanayika), to be personally experienced by the wise (paccattaṃ veditabbo viññūhi)."
When this was said, Māra the Evil One — shaking his head, lolling his tongue, raising upon his brow a frown furrowed in three lines — departed leaning on his staff.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.