[551] Then it occurred to the bhikkhunī Selā: "Now who is this that recites the verse — a human or a non-human?" Then it occurred to the bhikkhunī Selā: "This is Māra the Evil One, who recites the verse desiring to arouse fear, trepidation, and terror in me, desiring to make me fall away from concentration (samādhi)." Then the bhikkhunī Selā, having understood, "This is Māra the Evil One," replied to Māra the Evil One in verses:
"Not made [by anyone] is this puppet (bimba),
not made [by anyone] is this misery (agha);
it has come to be dependent on a cause;
with the breakup of the cause it ceases.
Just as a certain seed,
sown in a field, grows
depending on the earth's nutritive essence
and moisture — on both of these —
so too the aggregates (khandha), the elements (dhātu),
and these six sense bases (āyatana),
having come to be dependent on a cause,
cease with the breakup of the cause."
Then Māra the Evil One, realizing "The bhikkhunī Selā knows me," miserable and dejected, vanished right there.
The Tenth: the Vajirā Sutta
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.