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 250 - Devadatta has himself gilt by gold
devadatta ajātaśatroḥ kathayati: mayā tvaṃ rājye pratiṣṭhāpitaḥ; māmapi tvaṃ buddhatve pratiṣṭhāpaya iti; sa kathayati: bhagavataḥ suvarṇavarṇaḥ kāyaḥ; ādau tāvattava suvarṇavarṇataiva nāsti iti; sa kathayati: ahaṃ suvarṇavarṇamabhinirvartayāmi iti; tena suvarṇakāra āhūyoktaḥ: mama kāye suvarṇaṃ cāraya iti; sa kathayati: ārya yadi śaknoṣi vedanāṃ soḍhumiti; sa kathayati: cāraya; śakṣyāmi iti; tena cuñcutailena gātraṃ mrakṣayitvā kāye suvarṇapatraṃ cāritaṃ; sa duḥkhāṃ tīvraṃ kharāṃ kaṭukāmamanāpāṃ vedanāṃ vedayati; bhikṣubhiḥ kokālikaḥ pṛṣṭaḥ: kutra devadatta (i 164) sa kathayati: amuṣmin pradeśe suvarṇavarṇatāmabhinirvartayati iti; bhikṣavastaṃ pradeśaṃ gatāḥ; tairasau śruto duḥkhavedanārto vikrośan; te bhagavatsakāśamupasaṃkrāntaḥ
bhikṣavaḥ saṃśayajātāḥ sarvasaṃśayacchettāraṃ buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ papracchuḥ: paśya bhadanta devadatta suvarṇavarṇatāyā arte duḥkhāṃ tīvraṃ kharāṃ kaṭukāmamanāpāṃ vedanāṃ vedayate iti, bhagavānāha: na bhikṣava etarhi; yathā atīte'pyadhvanyeṣa suvarṇakholāyā arthe anayena vyasanamāpannaḥ; tacchrūyatāṃ