[70] Then Moggallāna the wanderer (paribbājaka) said this to Sāriputta the wanderer: "Friend, let us go to the Blessed One; the Blessed One is our teacher."
"Friend, these two hundred and fifty wanderers dwell here depending on us, looking to us. Let us first take leave of them; as they think fit, so they will do."
Then Sāriputta and Moggallāna approached those wanderers, and having approached, said this to those wanderers: "Friends, we are going to the Blessed One; the Blessed One is our teacher."
"We dwell here depending on the venerable ones, looking to the venerable ones. If the venerable ones will live the holy life (brahmacariya) under the Great Ascetic (mahāsamaṇa), all of us will live the holy life under the Great Ascetic."
Then Sāriputta and Moggallāna approached Sañjaya the wanderer, and having approached, said this to Sañjaya the wanderer: "Friend, we are going to the Blessed One; the Blessed One is our teacher."
"Enough, friends, do not go. All three of us together will look after this group."
A second time … A third time Sāriputta and Moggallāna said this to Sañjaya the wanderer: "Friend, we are going to the Blessed One; the Blessed One is our teacher."
"Enough, friends, do not go. All three of us together will look after this group."
Then Sāriputta and Moggallāna, taking those two hundred and fifty wanderers, went to the Veḷuvana. But right there hot blood issued from the mouth of Sañjaya the wanderer.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.