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 185 - The story of the royal barber
bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣavo'nyatamasya rājanāpitasya pratyekabuddhaḥ upasaṃkrāntaḥ: bhadramukha keśānme'vatārya, puṇyaṃ bhaviṣyati iti; sa ca rājakulaṃ saṃprasthitaḥ; tena bhāgineya uktaḥ: bhāgineya asya pravrajitasya keśānavatāraya; ahaṃ rājakulaṃ saṃprasthitaḥ; tathā cāvatāraya yathā rājñaḥ iti; sa saṃlakṣayati: yathā mātulaḥ kathayati; nūnamatra puṇyena bhavitavyamiti; tenādaraṃ kṛtvā keśaśmaśrvavatāritaṃ; pratyekabuddhaḥ saṃlakṣayati: bahvanena satvena puṇyaṃ prasutaṃ; kuśalamūlāvaropaṇamasya kartavyamiti viditvā tasyānukampārthamupari vihāyasam (i 50) abhyudgamya jvalanatapanavarṣaṇavidyotanaprātihāryāṇi kartumārabdhaḥ; astyāśu pṛthagjanasya ṛddhirāvarjanakarī; sa mūlanikṛnta iva drumaḥ pādayornipatya praṇidhānaṃ kartumārabdhaḥ: anenāhaṃ kuśalamūlena yathā me mātulo rājanāpitaḥ evamahamapi rājanāpitaḥ syāmiti.
kiṃ manyadhve bhikṣavaḥ? yo' sau rājanāpitasya bhāgineya eṣa evāsāvupālirbhikṣuḥ; yadanena pratyekabuddhasya keśaśmaśrūṇyavatārya praṇidhānaṃ kṛtaṃ tasya karmaṇo vipākena rajanāpitaḥ saṃvṛttaḥ; bhūyo'pi yadanena praṇidhānaṃ kṛtaṃ tacchrūyatām.