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 251 - The story of a crow and a golden cap (suvarṇakholā)
bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣavo vārāṇasyāṃ nagaryāmanyatamā strī proṣitabhatṛkā; tasyāḥ purastātkāko madhuramadhuraṃ rauti; sā kathayati: utkrāmotkrāma vāyasa; yadi me bhartā svastinā kṣemeṇa āgacchati, tava sauvarṇāṃ kholāṃ dadāmi iti; yāvadasau tasyā bhartā svastinā āgataḥ; sa kākastasyāḥ purastātsuvarṇakholānimittaṃ madhuramadhuraṃ virauti; tatastayā tasya sauvarṇā kholā dattā; sa tayā pinaddhayā itaścāmutaśca paribhramati; tasya suvarṇakholānimittamalikena pakṣinā śiraśchinnaṃ; devatā gāthāṃ bhāṣate
bhavatyartho'pyanarthāya yo'narthapadasaṃhitaḥ |
kelikākena paryeṣṭo yasya sauvarṇakaṃ śiraḥ ||
bhagavānāha: kiṃ manyadhve bhikṣavo yo'sau bhikṣavaḥ kākaḥ eṣa eva devadattaḥ tena (a 483 ) kālena tena samayena; tadāpyeṣa suvarṇakholāhetoranayena vyasannamāpannaḥ; etarhyapyeṣa suvarṇavarṇatāyā ārthāya duḥkhāṃ tīvraṃ kharāṃ kaṭukāmamanāpāṃ vedanāṃ vedayate iti