4.1.10 Dutiyaāyusutta

Evaṃ me sutaṃ—  ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe. Tatra kho bhagavā…pe…  etadavoca—

“Appamidaṃ, bhikkhave, manussānaṃ āyu. Gamanīyo samparāyo, kattabbaṃ kusalaṃ, caritabbaṃ brahmacariyaṃ. Natthi jātassa amaraṇaṃ. Yo, bhikkhave, ciraṃ jīvati, so vassasataṃ appaṃ vā bhiyyo”ti.

Atha kho māro pāpimā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi—

“Nāccayanti ahorattā,
Jīvitaṃ nūparujjhati;
Āyu anupariyāyati maccānaṃ,
Nemīva rathakubbaran”ti.

“Accayanti ahorattā,
jīvitaṃ uparujjhati;
Āyu khīyati maccānaṃ,
kunnadīnaṃva odakan”ti.

Atha kho māro pāpimā “jānāti maṃ bhagavā, jānāti maṃ sugato”ti dukkhī dummano tatthevantaradhāyīti.

Paṭhamo vaggo.

Tassuddānaṃ

Tapokammañca nāgo ca,
subhaṃ pāsena te duve;
Sappo supati nandanaṃ,
āyunā apare duveti.