[600] Tena samayena buddho bhagavā rājagahe viharati veḷuvane
kalandakanivāpe. Tena kho pana samayena devadatto saṅghabhedāya
parakkamati cakkabhedāya. Bhikkhū evamāhaṁsu adhammavādī devadatto
avinayavādī devadatto kathaṁ hi nāma devadatto saṅghabhedāya parakkamissati
cakkabhedāyāti. Evaṁ vutte kokāliko kaṭamorakatissako
khaṇḍadeviyā putto samuddadatto te bhikkhū etadavocuṁ mā
āyasmanto evaṁ avacuttha dhammavādī devadatto vinayavādī devadatto
amhākañca devadatto chandañca ruciñca ādāya voharati jānāti
no bhāsati amhākampetaṁ khamatīti. Ye te bhikkhū appicchā
.pe. Te ujjhāyanti khīyanti vipācenti kathaṁ hi nāma bhikkhū
devadattassa saṅghabhedāya parakkamantassa anuvattakā bhavissanti vaggavādakāti.
Athakho te bhikkhū bhagavato etamatthaṁ ārocesuṁ.
Athakho bhagavā etasmiṁ nidāne etasmiṁ pakaraṇe bhikkhusaṅghaṁ sannipātāpetvā
bhikkhū paṭipucchi saccaṁ kira bhikkhave bhikkhū devadattassa
saṅghabhedāya parakkamantassa anuvattakā vaggavādakāti. Saccaṁ
bhagavāti. Vigarahi buddho bhagavā ananucchavikaṁ bhikkhave tesaṁ
moghapurisānaṁ .pe. Kathaṁ hi nāma te bhikkhave moghapurisā
devadattassa saṅghabhedāya parakkamantassa anuvattakā bhavissanti vaggavādakā
Netaṁ bhikkhave appasannānaṁ vā pasādāya .pe. Evañca
pana bhikkhave imaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ uddiseyyātha tasseva kho pana bhikkhussa
bhikkhū honti anuvattakā vaggavādakā eko vā dve vā tayo
vā te evaṁ vadeyyuṁ mā āyasmanto etaṁ bhikkhuṁ kiñci avacuttha
dhammavādī ceso bhikkhu vinayavādī ceso bhikkhu amhākañceso
bhikkhu chandañca ruciñca ādāya voharati jānāti no bhāsati
amhākampetaṁ khamatīti. Te bhikkhū bhikkhūhi evamassu vacanīyā mā
āyasmanto evaṁ avacuttha na ceso bhikkhu dhammavādī na ceso
bhikkhu vinayavādī mā āyasmantānampi saṅghabhedo ruccittha sametāyasmantānaṁ
saṅghena samaggo hi saṅgho sammodamāno avivadamāno
ekuddeso phāsu viharatīti. Evañca te bhikkhū bhikkhūhi vuccamānā
tatheva paggaṇheyyuṁ te bhikkhū bhikkhūhi yāvatatiyaṁ samanubhāsitabbā
tassa paṭinissaggāya. Yāvatatiyañce samanubhāsiyamānā taṁ paṭinissajjeyyuṁ
iccetaṁ kusalaṁ no ce paṭinissajjeyyuṁ saṅghādisesoti.