At Sāvatthī. “Possessions, honor, and popularity are grim … Devadatta cut off his bright quality because his mind was overcome and overwhelmed by possessions, honor, and popularity. So grim are possessions, honor, and popularity. …”
Linked Discourses 17.35 Chapter Four Shortly After He Left
At one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha, on the Vulture’s Peak Mountain, not long after Devadatta had left. There the Buddha spoke to the mendicants about Devadatta: “Possessions, honor, and popularity came to Devadatta for his own ruin and downfall.
It’s like a banana plant …
or a bamboo …
or a reed, all of which bear fruit to their own ruin and downfall …