[504] Then Māra the Evil One (Māro pāpimā) spoke these verses of disenchantment (nibbejanīyā gāthāyo) in the presence of the Blessed One:
A crow circled around a stone that had the color of fat:
"Perhaps here we shall find something tender; perhaps there may be something to relish."
Not gaining any savor there, though it strove, it would depart.
Like the crow that assailed the rock, disenchanted we depart from Gotama.
Then Māra the Evil One, having spoken these verses of disenchantment in the presence of the Blessed One, departed from that place and sat down cross-legged on the ground not far from the Blessed One — silent, dismayed, with drooping shoulders and face downcast, brooding, at a loss for a reply, scratching the ground with a stick.
The Māradhītu Sutta, the Fifth
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.