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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 210 - Devadatta loses his magical powers
yadā āyuṣmatā daśabalakāśyapena devadattasya ṛddhermārgo vyapadiṣṭaḥ, tadāsau bhikṣubhirucyate: kasmāttvayā sthavira devadattasya pāpecchasya ṛddhermārgo vyapadiṣṭaḥ? sa kathayati: nāhamāyuṣmanto jāne yathāyaṃ pāpeccha iti; yadi mayā jñātamabhaviṣyatṛkāro'pyasya mayā na vyapadiṣṭo'bhaviṣyat; prāgeva ṛddhermārgaḥ iti; tato devadattaḥ bhikṣubhiḥ praṇayamāsthāyocyate; devadatta yā kācitśrīsaubhāgyasaṃpat, sarvāsau sthaviraṃ daśabalakāśyapamāgamya; na tvaṃ tasya sakāśamupasaṃkrāmasi iti; te saṃlakṣayanti: apyeva nāmāyamasmābhiḥ prabodhitaḥ tasya sakāśamupasaṃkrāmet; sa evaṃ pratinivartayetiti; sa evaṃ praticoditaḥ kathayati: kiṃ mama tena kṛtaṃ? nanu mayā vīryamādhāya, pūrvarātrāpararātraṃ jāgarikāyogamanuyuktena viharatā prathamaṃ dhyānaṃ niśritya ṛddhirabhinirhṛtā iti; sa vākpravyāharaṇakālasamanantarameva tayā akṛtajñatayā ṛddheḥ parihīṇaḥ.
bhikṣavaḥ saṃśayajātāḥ sarvasaṃśayacchettāraṃ buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ papracchuḥ: paśya bhadanta devadattaḥ akṛtajñatayā ṛddheḥ parihīṇaḥ iti; bhagavānāha: na bhikṣava etarhi, yathā atīte'pyadhvanyeṣaḥ akṛtajñatayā vidyāyāḥ parihīṇaḥ; tacchrūyatāṃ.