[393] Tena kho pana samayena devadatto mahatiyā parisāya parivuto dhammaṃ desento nisinno hoti . addasā kho devadatto sārīputtamoggallāne dūrato va āgacchante disvāna bhikkhū āmantesi passatha bhikkhave yāva svākkhāto mayā dhammo yepi te samaṇassa gotamassa aggasāvakā sārīputtamoggallānā tepi mama santike āgacchanti mama dhammaṃ rocentāti. Evaṃ vutte kokāliko devadattaṃ etadavoca mā āvuso devadatta sārīputtamoggallānehi Vissāsi pāpicchā sārīputtamoggallānā pāpikānaṃ icchānaṃ vasaṃ gatāti . alaṃ āvuso svāgataṃ tesaṃ yato me dhammaṃ rocentīti. Athakho devadatto āyasmantaṃ sārīputtaṃ upaḍḍhāsanena nimantesi ehāvuso sārīputta idha nisīdāhīti . alaṃ āvusoti kho āyasmā sārīputto aññataraṃ āsanaṃ gahetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi . āyasmāpi kho mahāmoggallāno aññataraṃ āsanaṃ gahetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi . Athakho devadatto bahudeva rattiṃ bhikkhū dhammiyā kathāya sandassetvā samādapetvā samuttejetvā sampahaṃsetvā āyasmantaṃ sārīputtaṃ ajjhesi vigatathīnamiddho kho āvuso sārīputte bhikkhusaṅgho paṭibhātu taṃ āvuso sārīputta bhikkhūnaṃ dhammī kathā piṭṭhi me āgilāyati tamahaṃ āyamissāmīti . evamāvusoti kho āyasmā sārīputto devadattassa paccassosi . athakho devadatto catugguṇaṃ saṅghāṭiṃ paññāpetvā dakkhiṇena passena seyyaṃ kappesi . tassa kilantassa muṭṭhassatissa asampajānassa muhuttakeneva niddaṃ okkami.
[394] Athakho āyasmā sārīputto ādesanāpāṭihāriyānusāsaniyā bhikkhū dhammiyā kathāya ovadi anusāsi . āyasmā mahāmoggallāno iddhipāṭihāriyānusāsaniyā bhikkhū dhammiyā kathāya ovadi anusāsi . Athakho tesaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ āyasmatā sārīputtena ādesanā- pāṭihāriyānusāsaniyā āyasmatā ca mahāmoggallānena Iddhipāṭihāriyānusāsaniyā ovadiyamānānaṃ anusāsiyamānānaṃ virajaṃ vītamalaṃ dhammacakkhuṃ udapādi yaṅkiñci samudayadhammaṃ sabbantaṃ nirodhadhammanti . Athakho āyasmā sārīputto bhikkhū āmantesi gacchāma mayaṃ āvuso bhagavato santike yo tassa bhagavato dhammaṃ roceti so āgacchatūti. Athakho sārīputtamoggallānā tāni pañca bhikkhusatāni ādāya yena veḷuvanaṃ tenupasaṅkamiṃsu . atha kho kokāliko devadattaṃ uṭṭhāpesi uṭṭhehi āvuso devadatta nītā te bhikkhū sārīputta- moggallānehi nanu tvaṃ āvuso devadatta mayā vutto mā āvuso devadatta sārīputtamoggallānehi vissāsi pāpicchā sārīputta- moggallānā pāpikānaṃ icchānaṃ vasaṃ gatāti . athakho devadattassa tattheva uṇhaṃ lohitaṃ mukhato uggañchi.