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Chapter Two – 2. Dutiyavagga

SN 6.12 About Devadatta – Devadattasutta

 

So I have heard.

Evaṁ me sutaṁ—

At one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha, on the Vulture’s Peak Mountain, not long after Devadatta had left.

ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā rājagahe viharati gijjhakūṭe pabbate acirapakkante devadatte.

Then, late at night, the beautiful Brahmā Sahampati, lighting up the entire Vulture’s Peak, went up to the Buddha, bowed, stood to one side,

Atha kho brahmā sahampati abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇo kevalakappaṁ gijjhakūṭaṁ pabbataṁ obhāsetvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhāsi.

and recited this verse in the Buddha’s presence:

Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho brahmā sahampati devadattaṁ ārabbha bhagavato santike imaṁ gāthaṁ abhāsi:

“The banana tree is destroyed by its own fruit,

“Phalaṁ ve kadaliṁ hanti,

as are the bamboo and the reed.

phalaṁ veḷuṁ phalaṁ naḷaṁ;

Honor destroys a sinner,

Sakkāro kāpurisaṁ hanti,

as pregnancy destroys a mule.”

gabbho assatariṁ yathā”ti.