sn4.2:1.1 So I have heard.
sn4.2:1.2 At one time, when he was first awakened, the Buddha was staying in Uruvelā at the root of the goatherd’s banyan tree on the bank of the Nerañjarā River.
sn4.2:1.3 Now at that time the Buddha was meditating in the open during the dark of night, while a gentle rain drizzled down.
sn4.2:1.4 Then Māra the Wicked, wanting to make the Buddha feel fear, terror, and goosebumps, manifested in the form of a big elephant king and approached him.
sn4.2:1.5 Its head was like a big block of soapstone.
sn4.2:1.7 Its tusks were like pure silver.
sn4.2:1.9 Its trunk was like a long plough pole.
sn4.2:1.11 Then the Buddha, knowing that this was Māra the Wicked, addressed him in verse: