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 281 - The story of the leader of the monkeys
bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣavaḥ anyatamasminaraṇyāyatane markaṭayūthapatiḥ prativasati; tena paribhramatā kūpe candrabimbakaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ; yūthapatiḥ kathayati: bhavantaḥ candraḥ kūpe patitaḥ; uddharāmaḥ; kimacandrako loko bhaviṣyati? iti; te kathayanti: śobhanam; uddharāmaḥ iti; te saṃjalpaṃ kartumārabdhāḥ: kathamatra uddhartavyaḥ? iti; apare kathayanti: kimatra jñāyate? markaṭarajjuṃ kṛtvā samuddharāmaḥ iti; tairmarkaṭarajjuḥ kṛtā; ekaḥ śākhāyāṃ lagnaḥ; tasya pucche aparo lagnaḥ; tasyāpyaparo lagna ityevaṃ sarve lagnāḥ; śākhā atibhārā jātā; te pānīyaṃ vikṣobhayitumārabdhāḥ; candrapratibimbakaṃ naṣṭaṃ; śākhā bhagnā; sarve kūpe patitāḥ; anayena vyasanamāpannāḥ; devatā gāthāṃ bhāṣate
yeṣāmiha hi mūrkāṇāṃ mūrkho bhavati nāyakaḥ |
sarve te nidhanaṃ yānti candroddhārā iva vānarāḥ || iti
kiṃ manyadhve bhikṣavo yo'sau markaṭayūthapatiḥ devadattaḥ saḥ tena kālena tena samayena; tadāpyeṣa mūrkho mūrkhaparivāraḥ; etarhyapyeṣa mūrkho mūrkhaparivāraḥ