Chapter 208 - The behaviour of the four monks followers of Devadatta is discused in the congregation

catvāraścāsya bhikṣavaḥ sahāyakāḥ anuvartino vyagravāditāyāṃ, kokālikakhaṇḍadravyakaṭamorakatiṣyasamudradattāḥ; te bhikṣūnevaṃ vadanti: mā yūyamāyuṣmanto'sya bhikṣoḥ kiṃcidvocata kalyāṇaṃ vā pāpakaṃ vā; tatkasya hetoḥ? eṣa hi bhikṣurdharmavādī vinayavādī; dharmaṃ caiṣa bhikṣurvinayaṃ ca samādāya pragṛhya anuvyavaharati; jānaṃścaiṣa bhikṣurbhāṣate, nājānan; (i 82) yaccāsmai bhikṣave rocate, kṣamate ca, asmākamapi tadrocate kṣamate ca iti.
etatprakaraṇaṃ bhikṣavo bhagavata ārocayanti: ājñāpto'smābhirbhadanta devadattaḥ jñapticaturthena karmaṇā ājñāpyamānastadeva vastu sthāmaśaḥ parāmṛśya abhiniviśyānuvyavaharati idameva satyaṃ mohamanyaditi; catvāraścāsya bhikṣavaḥ sahāyakāḥ anuvartino vyagravāditāyāṃ, kokālikakhaṇḍadravyakaṭamorakatiṣyasamudradattāḥ; te bhikṣūnevaṃ vadanti: mā yūyamāyuṣmanto'sya bhikṣoḥ kiṃcidvocata kalyāṇaṃ vā pāpakaṃ vā; eṣa hi bhikṣurdharmavādī vinayavādī; dharmaṃ caiṣa bhikṣurvinayaṃ ca samādāya pragṛhyānuvyavaharati; jānaṃścaiṣa bhikṣurbhāṣate, nājānan; yaccāsmai bhikṣave rocate ca kṣamate ca, asmākamapi tadrocate ca kṣamate ca iti.
bhagavānāha: ājñāpayata yūyaṃ bhikṣavaḥ kokālikakhaṇḍadravyakaṭamorakatiṣyasamudradattā meṣakena; evaṃ punarājñāpayitavyāḥ: mā yūyaṃ kokālikakhaṇḍadravyakaṭamorakatiṣyasamudradattāḥ jānanto yo bhikṣusamagrasya saṃghasya bhedāya parākramate, bhedakaraṇasaṃvartanīyaṃ cādhikaraṇaṃ samādāya pragṛhya tiṣṭhati, tasyānuvartino bhavata vyagravāditāyāṃ; mā ca bhikṣūnevaṃ vadata: mā yūyamāyuṣmantaḥ asya bhikṣoḥ kiṃcidvocata kalyāṇaṃ vā pāpakaṃ vā; tatkasya hetoḥ? dharmavādī caiṣo āyuṣmanto bhikṣuḥ, vinayavādī ca; dharmaṃ caiṣa bhikṣurvinayaṃ ca samādāya pragṛhyānuvyavaharati; jānaṃścaiṣa bhikṣurbhāṣate, nājānan; yaccāsmai bhikṣave rocate ca kṣamate ca, asmākamapi tadrocate ca kṣamate ca iti; mā yūyamāyuṣmantaḥ saṃghabhedaṃ rocayata; sametvāyuṣmatāṃ sārdhaṃ saṃghena; samagro hi saṃghaḥ sahitaḥ saṃmodamāno'vivadamāna ekāgraḥ ekoddeśaḥ ekakṣīrodakībhūtaḥ śāstuḥ śāsanaṃ dīpayan sukhasparśaṃ viharatu; niḥsṛjantv(a 455 ) āyuṣmantaḥ imāmevaṃrūpaṃ saṃghabhedānuvartanīṃ vyagravāditāmiti; ājñāpayanti te bhikṣavaḥ kokālikakhaṇḍadravyakaṭamorakatiṣyasamudradattānmeṣakena; te meṣakenājñāpyamānastadeva vastu sthāmaśaḥ parāmṛśyānuvyavaharati idameva satyaṃ mohamanyaditi.
etatprakaraṇaṃ bhikṣavo bhagavata ārocayanti: ājñāptā asmābhirbhadanta kokālikakhaṇḍadravyakaṭamorakatiṣyasamudradattāḥ (i 83) meṣakena; te meṣakenājñāpyamānastadeva vastu sthāmaśaḥ parāmṛśya abhiniviśya anuvyavaharati idameva satyaṃ mohamanyaditi; bhagavānāha: ājñāpayata yūyaṃ bhikṣavaḥ kokālikakhaṇḍadravyakaṭamorakatiṣyasamudradattān jñapticaturthena karmaṇā iti, ye vā punaranye'pyevaṃjātīyaḥ evaṃ ca punarājñāpayitavyāḥ.
śayanāsanaprajñaptiṃ kṛtvā gaṇḍīmākoṭya pṛṣṭavācikayā bhikṣūn samanuyujya sarvasaṃghe sanniṣaṇṇe sannipatite ekena bhikṣuṇā jñaptiṃ kṛtvā karma kartavyaṃ.
śṛṇotu bhadantāḥ saṃghaḥ; ime kokālikakhaṇḍadravyakaṭamorakatiṣyasamudradattāḥ jānanto yo bhikṣuḥ samagrasya saṃghasya bhedāya parākramati, tasyānuvartino bhaviṣyanti vyagravāditāyāṃ; bhikṣūṃścaivaṃ vadanti: mā yūyamāyuṣmanto'sya bhikṣoḥ kiṃcidvocata kalyāṇaṃ vā pāpakaṃ vā; tatkasya hetoḥ? dharmavādī caiṣo āyuṣmanto bhikṣuḥ, vinayavādī ca; dharmaṃ ca eṣa bhikṣurvinayaṃ ca samādāya pragṛhya anuvyavaharati; jānaṃścaiṣa bhikṣurbhāṣate, na ajānan; yaccāsmai bhikṣave rocate kṣamate ca, asmākamapi tadrocate kṣamate ca iti; ta evaṃ saṃbahulairbhikṣubhirmeṣakena ājñāpyamānāstadeva vastu sthāmaśaḥ parāmṛśyābhiniviśya anuvyavaharanti idameva satyaṃ mohamanyaditi; sacetsaṃghasya prāptakālaṃ kṣameta anujānīyātsaṃgho yatsaṃghaḥ kokālikakhaṇḍadravyakaṭamorakatiṣyasamudradattān jñapticaturthena karmaṇā ājñāpayati: mā yūyaṃ kokālikakhaṇḍadravyakaṭamorakatiṣyasamudradattāḥ jānanto yo bhikṣuḥ samagrasya saṃghasya bhedāya parākramati bhedakaraṇasaṃvartanīyaṃ cādhikaraṇaṃ samādāya pragṛhya tiṣṭhati; tasyānuvartino bhavata vyagravāditāyāṃ; mā ca bhikṣūnevaṃ vadata: mā yūyamāyuṣmanto'sya bhikṣoḥ kiṃcidvocata kalyāṇaṃ vā pāpakaṃ vā; tatkasya hetoḥ? dharmavādī caiṣa bhikṣuḥ, vinayavādī ca; dharmaṃ ca eṣa bhikṣurvinayaṃ ca samādāya pragṛhya anuvyavaharati; jānaṃścaiṣa bhikṣurbhāṣate, na ajānan; yaccāsmai bhikṣave rocate ca kṣamate ca, asmākamapi tadrocate ca kṣamate ca iti; tatkasya hetoḥ? naiṣa āyuṣmanto bhikṣurdharmavādī vinayavādī ca; adharmavādī caiṣa bhikṣuravinayavādī ca; adharmaṃ caiṣa bhikṣuravinayaṃ ca samādāya pragṛhya anuvyavaharati; ajānaṃścaiṣa bhikṣurbhāṣate, na ajānan; niḥsṛjantvāyuṣmantaḥ imāmevaṃrūpāṃ saṃghabhedānuvartinīṃ (i 84) vyagravāditāyāṃ; sametvāyuṣmatāṃ sārdhaṃ saṃghena; samagro hi saṃghaḥ saṃmodamānaḥ avivadamānaḥ ekāgraḥ ekoddeśaḥ ekakṣīrodakībhūtaḥ śāstuḥ (a 455 ) śāsanaṃ dīpayan sukhasparśaṃ viharatu; ityeṣā jñaptiḥ; evaṃ ca karma kartavyaṃ.
śṛṇotu bhadantāḥ saṃghaḥ; ime kokālikakhaṇḍadravyakaṭamorakatiṣyasamudradattāḥ jānanto yo bhikṣuḥ samagrasya saṃghasya bhedāya parākramati, tasyānuvartino bhaviṣyanti vyagravāditāyāṃ; bhikṣūṃścaivaṃ vadanti: mā yūyamāyuṣmanto'sya bhikṣoḥ kiṃcidvocata kalyāṇaṃ vā pāpakaṃ vā; tatkasya hetoḥ? dharmavādī caiṣo āyuṣmanto bhikṣuḥ, vinayavādī ca; dharmaṃ ca eṣa bhikṣurvinayaṃ ca samādāya pragṛhya anuvyavaharati; jānaṃścaiṣa bhikṣurbhāṣate, na ajānan; yaccāsmai bhikṣave rocate kṣamate ca, asmākamapi tadrocate kṣamate ca iti; ta evaṃ saṃbahulairbhikṣubhirmeṣakena ājñāpyamānāstadeva vastu sthāmaśaḥ parāmṛśyābhiniviśya anuvyavaharanti idameva satyaṃ mohamanyaditi; tatsaṃghaḥ kokālikakhaṇḍadravyakaṭamorakatiṣyasamudradattān jñapticaturthena karmaṇājñāpayati: mā yūyaṃ kokālikakhaṇḍadravyakaṭamorakatiṣyasamudradattā jānanto yo bhikṣuḥ samagrasya saṃghasya bhedāya parākramate bhedakaraṇasaṃvartanīyaṃ cādhikaraṇaṃ samādāya pragṛhya tiṣṭhati; tasyānuvartino bhavata vyagravāditāyāṃ; mā ca bhikṣūnevaṃ vadata: mā yūyamāyuṣmanto'sya bhikṣoḥ kiṃcidvocata kalyāṇaṃ vā pāpakaṃ vā; tatkasya hetoḥ? dharmavādī caiṣa bhikṣuḥ, vinayavādī ca; dharmaṃ caiṣa bhikṣurvinayaṃ ca samādāya pragṛhya anuvyavaharati; jānaṃścaiṣa bhikṣurbhāṣate, na ajānan; yaccāsmai bhikṣave rocate ca kṣamate ca, asmākamapi tadrocate ca kṣamate ca iti; tatkasya hetoḥ? naiṣa bhikṣurdharmavādī na vinayavādī; adharmaṃ caiṣa bhikṣuravinayaṃ ca samādāya pragṛhyānuvyavaharati; ajānaṃścaiṣa bhikṣurbhāṣate, na jānan; mā āyuṣmantaḥ saṃghabhedaṃ rocayantu; saṃghasāmagrīmeva rocayantu; sametvāyuṣmatāṃ sārdhaṃ saṃghena; samagro hi saṃghaḥ sahitaḥ saṃmodamānaḥ avivadamānaḥ ekāgraḥ ekoddeśaḥ ekakṣīrodakībhūtaḥ śāstuḥ śāsanaṃ dīpayan sukhasparśaṃ viharatu; niḥsṛjantvāyuṣmantaḥ imāmevaṃrūpaṃ saṃghabhedānuvartinīṃ vyagravāditāmiti.
yeṣāmāyuṣmatāṃ kṣamante kokālikakhaṇḍadravyakaṭamorakatiṣyasamudradattān jñapticaturthena karmaṇā ājñāpayituṃ; mā yūyaṃ kokālikakhaṇḍadravyakaṭamorakatiṣyasamudradattāḥ jānanto yo bhikṣuḥ samagrasya saṃghasya bhedāya parākramate bhedakaraṇasaṃvartanīyaṃ cādhikaraṇaṃ samādāya pragṛhya tiṣṭhati; tasyānuvartino bhavata vyagravāditāyāṃ; mā ca bhikṣūnevaṃ vadata: mā yūyamāyuṣmanto'sya bhikṣoḥ kiṃcidvocata kalyāṇaṃ vā pāpakaṃ vā; tatkasya hetoḥ? dharmavādī caiṣa bhikṣuḥ, vinayavādī ca; dharmaṃ caiṣa bhikṣurvinayaṃ ca samādāya pragṛhya anuvyavaharati; jānaṃścaiṣa bhikṣurbhāṣate, na ajānan; yaccāsmai bhikṣave rocate ca kṣamate ca, asmākamapi tadrocate ca kṣamate ca iti; tatkasya hetoḥ? naiṣa bhikṣurdharmavādī na vinayavādī; adharmaṃ caiṣa bhikṣuravinayaṃ ca samādāya pragṛhyānuvyavaharati; ajānaṃścaiṣa bhikṣurbhāṣate, na jānan; mā āyuṣmantaḥ saṃghabhedaṃ rocayantu; saṃghasāmagrīmeva rocayantu; sametvāyuṣmatāṃ sārdhaṃ saṃghena; samagro hi saṃghaḥ sahitaḥ saṃmodamānaḥ avivadamānaḥ ekāgraḥ ekoddeśaḥ ekakṣīrodakībhūtaḥ śāstuḥ śāsanaṃ dīpayan sukhasparśaṃ viharatu; niḥsṛjantvāyuṣmantaḥ imāmevaṃrūpaṃ saṃghabhedānuvartinīṃ vyagravāditāmiti te tūṣṇīṃ; na kṣamante bhāṣantāmiyaṃ prathamā karmavācanā; evaṃ dvitīyā tṛtīyā karmavācanā. (i 85)
ājñāpayanti te bhikṣavaḥ kokālikakhaṇḍadravyakaṭamorakatiṣyasamudradattān jñapticaturthena karmaṇā; te bhkṣubhirjñapticaturthena karmaṇā ājñāpyamānastadeva vastu sthāmaśaḥ parāmṛśya abhiniviśya anuvyavaharati: idameva satyaṃ mohamanyaditi.