Once the Buddha was at Pañcasálá when the day came for all young people to send gifts to each other. The Buddha went to the village for alms, but the villagers, influenced by Mára, gave him nothing, and he returned with his empty bowl. Mára tried to influence the Buddha to go a second time, but this he refused to do (S.i.113; the incident is also found at DhA.iii., p. 257f). The Commentary says (SA.i.141) that Mára did not want the Buddha to accept the gifts of the maidens and to preach to them, because then they would pass beyond his evil influence.