[94] Thus have I heard. At one time the Blessed One was dwelling among the Sakyans, in a mansion (pāsāda) in the mango grove of the Sakyans named Vedhaññā. Now at that time the Nigaṇṭha Nāṭaputta had recently died at Pāvā. Upon his death the Nigaṇṭhas were split, divided into two factions, given to strife, given to quarrels, and fallen into dispute, wounding one another with the daggers of the mouth: "You do not understand this Dhamma and Discipline; I understand this Dhamma and Discipline. How could you understand this Dhamma and Discipline? You are practicing wrongly; I am practicing rightly. My statement is consistent; yours is inconsistent. What should have been said first you said last; what should have been said last you said first. What you had long rehearsed has been overturned. A charge has been laid against your doctrine; you stand refuted. Extricate yourself so as to escape the charge laid against your doctrine—if you can!" One would think there was nothing but slaughter going on among the Nigaṇṭhas, the followers of Nāṭaputta. And even those disciples of the Nigaṇṭha Nāṭaputta who were householders clothed in white were disillusioned, dispassionate, and repelled by the Nigaṇṭhas, the followers of Nāṭaputta — as happens with a Dhamma and Discipline badly proclaimed, badly expounded, not emancipating, not conducing to peace, proclaimed by one who is not a Fully Awakened One, its monument broken, without refuge.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.