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 276 - The story of a lion and his jackal-friend
bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣavaḥ aniyatarāśyavasthito bodhisatvaḥ anyatamasmin parvataikadeśe siṃho mṛgapatirbabhūva; tasya paṃca sṛgālaśatāni vighasakhādakāni nityānubaddhāni parvatamupaniśritya tiṣṭhanti; siṃhaḥ prāṇino ghātayitvā varamāṃsāni vararudhirāṇi ca pītvā nirapekṣaḥ prakrāmati; teṣāmevaṃ mahān kālo'tikrāntaḥ; yāvadapareṇa samayena siṃho mṛgarājaḥ rātrau prāṇinaḥ samanveṣamānaḥ kūpe patitaḥ; teṣāṃ paṃcānāṃ sṛgālaśatānāmekonāni prakrāntāni; ekaḥ kūpataṭe avasthitaḥ; cintayati ca: ko'sāvupāyaḥ syādyenemaṃ samuddhareyamiti; sa itaścāmutaśca kūpasāmantakena paryaṭitumārabdhaḥ; yāvatpaśyati: kūpasya nātidūre palvalaṃ; tena vicārya ekadeśena suraṅgo nikhātaḥ; tatastadudapānaṃ palvalātsalilena pūrṇaṃ; siṃhaḥ svayamevotthitaḥ; devatā gāthāṃ bhāṣate
kartavyāni ca mitrāṇi durbalāni balānyapi |
paśya siṃhaḥ sṛgālena jīrṇakūpātsamuddhṛtaḥ || iti
kiṃ manyadhve bhikṣavo yo'sau sīmhaḥ ahameva saḥ tena kālena tena samayena; sṛgāla ānando bhikṣuḥ tena kālena tena samayena; yāni tāni ekonāni paṃca sṛgālaśatāni etānyeva paṃca bhikṣuśatāni; tadāpyahamebhiḥ parityaktaḥ; ānandena na parityaktaḥ; etarhyapy(i 197) ahamebhiḥ parityaktaḥ; bhūyo'pi yathā ahamebhiḥ parityaktaḥ tacchrūyatām