1At Sāvatthī. Then, in the morning, the bhikkhuni Upacala dressed … she sat down at the foot of a tree for the day's abiding.

Then Māra the Evil One approached the bhikkhuni Upacala and said to her: "Where do you wish to be reborn, bhikkhuni?"

"I do not wish to be reborn anywhere, friend."

2v.540 "There are Tāvatiṁsa and Yama devas,
And devatas of the Tusita realm,
Devas who take delight in creating,
And devas who exercise control.
Direct your mind there to those realms
And you’ll experience delight." [n.353] This verse alludes to five of the six sense-sphere heavens. Only the lowest plane, the heaven of the Four Great Kings, is not mentioned.

The bhikkhuni Upacala:

3v.541 "There are Tāvatiṁsa and Yama devas,
And devatas of the Tusita realm,
Devas who take delight in creating,
And devas who exercise control.
They are still bound by sensual bondage,
They come again under Māra's control.

4v.542 "All the world is on fire,
All the world is burning,
All the world is ablaze,
All the world is quaking.

5v.543 "That which does not quake or blaze,
That to which worldlings do not resort,
Where there is no place for Māra:
That is where my mind delights." [n.354] in pāda a, I read ajalitam with Se. Be apajjalitam, though hypermetrical, gives the same sense. Ee1 & 2 acalitam, apparently derived from SS, would mean "unshaken."

6Then Māra the Evil One, realizing, "The bhikkhuni Upacala knows me, sad and disappointed, disappeared right there.

1Sāvatthinidānaṁ. Atha kho upacālā bhikkhunī pubbaṇhasamayaṁ nivāsetvā … pe … aññatarasmiṁ rukkhamūle divāvihāraṁ nisīdi. Atha kho māro pāpimā yena upacālā bhikkhunī tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā upacālaṁ bhikkhuniṁ etadavoca: "kattha nu tvaṁ, bhikkhuni, uppajjitukāmā"ti? "Na khvāhaṁ, āvuso, katthaci uppajjitukāmā"ti.

2"Tāvatiṁsā ca yāmā ca,
tusitā cāpi devatā;
Nimmānaratino devā,
ye devā vāsavāttino;
Tattha cittaṁ paṇidhehi,
ratiṁ paccanubhossasī"ti.

3"Tāvatiṁsā ca yāmā ca,
tusitā cāpi devatā;
Nimmānaratino devā,
ye devā vāsavāttino;
Kāmabandhanabaddhā te,
enti māravasaṁ puna.

4Sabbo ādīpito loko,
sabbo loko padhūpito;
Sabbo pajjālito loko,
sabbo loko pakampito.

5Akampitaṁ apajjalitaṁ,
aputhujjanasevitaṁ;
Agati yattha mārassa,
tattha me nirato mano"ti.

6Atha kho māro pāpimā "jānāti maṁ upacālā bhikkhunī"ti dukkhī dummano tatthevantaradhāyīti.