Sanghabhedavastu [sanskrit]
79,275 words
The Sanskrit edition of the Sanghabhedavastu: The 17th and last section of the Vinaya of the Mulasarvastivadin. The text includes descriptions of the life of the Buddha Original titles: Saṅghabhedavastu (सङ्घभेदवस्तु), Saṃghabhedavastu (संघभेदवस्तु, Samghabhedavastu)
Chapter 46 - Return of Kanthaka and Chandaka
tataḥ kanthako'śvarājo bodhisatvasya pādau jihvayā nirlīḍhe; bodhisatvena cakrasvastikanandyāvartena pāṇinā parāmṛśyābhihitaḥ: gaccha kanthaka so'hamabhisaṃbuddhabodhirbhavatkṛtajño bhavīṣyāmi iti; chandako'pyuktaḥ: na tvayā kanthako'ntaḥpuraṃ praveśayitavya iti; evamuktaśchandako bāṣpagadgadakanṭho'śruparyākulekṣaṇaḥ kanthakamaśvarājamādāya punarbodhisatvamīkṣamāṇaḥ saṃprasthitaḥ; tau yāṃ bhūmiṃ yāmadvayena gatau tāṃ saptarātreṇa pratinivṛttau; chandakaḥ saṃlakṣayati: yugapat<yadi> pravekṣyāmo mahatā vipralāpena nātmānaṃ sandhārayiṣyāmi; tenodyāne sthitvā kanthakaḥ preṣitaḥ; tena heṣitam; tacchabdapratisaṃvedī antaḥpurajano'nyaśca janakāyaḥ sasaṃbhramo nirgato, na paśyati bodhisatvam; kanthakaṃ kaṇṭhe pariṣvajya roditumārabdhāḥ; dharmatā hyeṣā anye prākṛtāstiryagyonigatāḥ prāṇinaḥ saṃvṛtijñānalābhinaḥ; prāgeva kanthako'śvarājaḥ; sa mahājanakāyaviklavaṃ śrutvā antargatenaiva bāṣpeṇoparuddhyamānaḥ kālagataḥ; tena viśrute anyatamasmin ṣaṭkarmanirate brāhmaṇakule (92) pratisandhirgṛhītaḥ; yadā bodhisatvo'nuttarāṃ saṃyaksaṃbodhimabhisaṃbhotsyate tadā taṃ khaṭuṃkāśvavādena avabodhya saṃsārakāntārāduttāryātyantaniṣṭhe yogakṣeme nirvāṇe pratisthāpayiṣyati