Devadattasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Sagāthāvaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 15 · Section 610

[610] Standing to one side, Brahmā Sahampati, with reference to Devadatta, spoke this verse in the presence of the Blessed One: "Its fruit indeed kills the plantain; its fruit the bamboo, its fruit the reed; Honor (sakkāra) kills the base man, as the embryo kills the she-mule." The Andhakavinda Sutta, the Third

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.