[533] Then it occurred to the bhikkhunī Vijayā: "Now who is this that speaks the verse — a human being or a non-human?"
Then it occurred to the bhikkhunī Vijayā: "This is Māra the Evil One … who speaks the verse."
Then the bhikkhunī Vijayā, having understood, "This is Māra the Evil One," addressed Māra the Evil One in verses:
"Forms, sounds, odors, tastes,
and tactile objects delightful to the mind —
I hand them back to you alone, Māra;
for I have no need of them.
By this putrid body,
subject to breaking up, perishable,
I am troubled, I am ashamed;
craving for sensual pleasures (kāmataṇhā) has been uprooted.
As for those beings who have gone to form,
and those who partake of the formless,
and that peaceful attainment (samāpatti) too —
everywhere the darkness has been destroyed."
Then Māra the Evil One, realizing "The bhikkhunī Vijayā knows me," pained and dejected, vanished right there.
The Uppalavaṇṇā Sutta, the Fifth.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.