“Sāriputtamoggallānānampi kho ahaṁ, devadatta, bhikkhusaṅghaṁ na nissajjeyyaṁ, kiṁ pana tuyhaṁ chavassa kheḷāsakassā”ti. Atha kho devadatto— sarājikāya maṁ bhagavā parisāya kheḷāsakavādena apasādeti, sāriputtamoggallāneva ukkaṁsatīti— kupito anattamano bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṁ katvā pakkāmi. Ayañcarahi devadattassa bhagavati paṭhamo āghāto ahosi. Atha kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi— “tena hi, bhikkhave, saṅgho devadattassa rājagahe pakāsanīyaṁ kammaṁ karotu— ‘pubbe devadattassa aññā pakati ahosi, idāni aññā pakati. Yaṁ devadatto kareyya kāyena vācāya, na tena buddho vā dhammo vā saṅgho vā daṭṭhabbo, devadattova tena daṭṭhabbo’ti. Evañca pana, bhikkhave, kātabbaṁ. Byattena bhikkhunā paṭibalena saṅgho ñāpetabbo— ‘Suṇātu me, bhante, saṅgho. Yadi saṅghassa pattakallaṁ saṅgho devadattassa rājagahe pakāsanīyaṁ kammaṁ kareyya— “pubbe devadattassa aññā pakati ahosi, idāni aññā pakati. Yaṁ devadatto kareyya kāyena vācāya, na tena buddho vā dhammo vā saṅgho vā daṭṭhabbo, devadattova tena daṭṭhabbo”ti. Esā ñatti.