Tena samayena buddho bhagavā rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe. Tena kho pana samayena devadatto saṅghabhedāya parakkamati cakkabhedāya. Bhikkhū evamāhaṁsu— “adhammavādī devadatto, avinayavādī devadatto. Kathañhi nāma devadatto saṅghabhedāya parakkamissati cakkabhedāyā”ti. Evaṁ vutte, kokāliko kaṭamodakatissako khaṇḍadeviyā putto samuddadatto te bhikkhū etadavocuṁ— “māyasmanto evaṁ avacuttha. Dhammavādī devadatto, vinayavādī devadatto. Amhākañca devadatto chandañca ruciñca ādāya voharati jānāti no bhāsati amhākampetaṁ khamatī”ti. Ye te bhikkhū appicchā …pe… te ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti— “kathañhi nāma bhikkhū devadattassa saṅghabhedāya parakkamantassa anuvattakā bhavissanti vaggavādakā”ti.