[68] On one occasion the Blessed One was dwelling at Rājagaha, on Mount Gijjhakūṭa, not long after Devadatta had departed. There the Blessed One, with reference to Devadatta, addressed the bhikkhus: "Bhikkhus, gain, honor, and praise (lābhasakkārasiloka) arose for Devadatta for his own destruction; bhikkhus, gain, honor, and praise arose for Devadatta for his downfall. Just as, bhikkhus, the plantain tree yields its fruit for its own destruction, yields its fruit for its downfall, even so, bhikkhus, gain, honor, and praise arose for Devadatta for his own destruction; gain, honor, and praise arose for Devadatta for his downfall. Just as, bhikkhus, the bamboo yields its fruit for its own destruction, yields its fruit for its downfall, even so, bhikkhus, gain, honor, and praise arose for Devadatta for his own destruction; gain, honor, and praise arose for Devadatta for his downfall. Just as, bhikkhus, the reed yields its fruit for its own destruction, yields its fruit for its downfall, even so, bhikkhus, gain, honor, and praise arose for Devadatta for his own destruction; gain, honor, and praise arose for Devadatta for his downfall. Just as, bhikkhus, the she-mule conceives an embryo for her own destruction, conceives an embryo for her downfall, even so, bhikkhus, gain, honor, and praise arose for Devadatta for his own destruction; gain, honor, and praise arose for Devadatta for his downfall."
Truly its fruit destroys the plantain,
its fruit the bamboo, its fruit the reed;
honor destroys the vile man,
as the embryo destroys the she-mule.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.