Atha kho te bhikkhū te anuvattake bhikkhū anekapariyāyena vigarahitvā bhagavato etamatthaṁ ārocesuṁ …pe… “saccaṁ kira, bhikkhave, bhikkhū devadattassa saṅghabhedāya parakkamantassa anuvattakā honti vaggavādakā”ti? “Saccaṁ, bhagavā”ti. Vigarahi buddho bhagavā …pe… kathañhi nāma te, bhikkhave, moghapurisā devadattassa saṅghabhedāya parakkamantassa anuvattakā bhavissanti vaggavādakā. Netaṁ, bhikkhave, appasannānaṁ vā pasādāya …pe… evañca pana, bhikkhave, imaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ uddiseyyātha— “Tasseva kho pana bhikkhussa bhikkhū honti anuvattakā vaggavādakā eko vā dve vā tayo vā. Te evaṁ vadeyyuṁ— ‘māyasmanto etaṁ bhikkhuṁ kiñci avacuttha. Dhammavādī ceso bhikkhu, vinayavādī ceso bhikkhu. Amhākañceso bhikkhu chandañca ruciñca ādāya voharati jānāti no bhāsati amhākampetaṁ khamatī’ti, te bhikkhū bhikkhūhi evamassu vacanīyā— ‘māyasmanto evaṁ avacuttha, na ceso bhikkhu dhammavādī, na ceso bhikkhu vinayavādī, māyasmantānampi saṅghabhedo ruccittha, sametāyasmantānaṁ saṅghena, samaggo hi saṅgho sammodamāno avivadamāno ekuddeso phāsu viharatī’ti. Evañca te bhikkhū bhikkhūhi vuccamānā tatheva paggaṇheyyuṁ, te bhikkhū bhikkhūhi yāvatatiyaṁ samanubhāsitabbā tassa paṭinissaggāya. Yāvatatiyañce samanubhāsiyamānā taṁ paṭinissajjeyyuṁ, iccetaṁ kusalaṁ, no ce paṭinissajjeyyuṁ, saṅghādiseso”ti. Tasseva kho panāti tassa saṅghabhedakassa bhikkhuno. Bhikkhū hontīti aññe bhikkhū honti. Anuvattakāti yaṁdiṭṭhiko so hoti yaṅkhantiko yaṁruciko tepi taṁdiṭṭhikā honti taṅkhantikā taṁrucikā. Vaggavādakāti tassa vaṇṇāya pakkhāya ṭhitā honti.