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Sanghabhedavastu [sanskrit]
79,275 words
The Sanskrit edition of the Sanghabhedavastu: The 17th and last section of the Vinaya of the Mulasarvastivadin. The text includes descriptions of the life of the Buddha Original titles: Saṅghabhedavastu (सङ्घभेदवस्तु), Saṃghabhedavastu (संघभेदवस्तु, Samghabhedavastu)
Chapter 155 - p) An arjuna-tree inclines the branch
(cps24 .1) tatredānīṃ bhagavānurubilvākāśyapasya jaṭilasyāśramapade viharati vanagulmake; atha bhagavān sāyāhne pratisaṃlayanādvyutthāya yena pāṇikhātā puṣkariṇī tenopajagāma; upetya pāṇikhātāyāḥ puṣkariṇyāstīre ekāntaṃ cīvarakāṇyupanikṣipya pāṇikhātāṃ puṣkariṇīmabhyavagāhya gātrāṇi pariṣicya pāṇikhātāyāḥ puṣkariṇyā uttartukāmo yena kakubhavṛkṣastena bāhuṃ prasārayati; tataḥ sā mahatī kakubhaśākhā natā yāmavalaṃbya bhagavān pāṇikhātāyāḥ puṣkariṇyā uttīrṇaḥ; adrākṣīdurubilvākāśyapo jaṭila āśramapadamanvāhiṇḍan pāṇikhātāyāḥ puṣkariṇyāstīre mahatīṃ kakubhaśākhāṃ natāṃ; dṛṣṭvā ca tasyaitadabhavat: naiṣā me pūrve kakubhaśākhā namati; na ko mahatīṃ kakubhaśākhāṃ namayati; athorubilvākāśyapo jaṭilo yena bhagavāṃstenopajagāma; upetya bhagavantamidamavocat: jānīhi mahāśramaṇa; ihāhamāśramapadamanvāhiṇḍannadrākṣaṃ pāṇikhātāyāḥ puṣkariṇyāstīre mahatīṃ kakubhaśākhāṃ natām; dṛṣṭvā ca mamaitadabhavat: naiṣā me mahāśramaṇa pūrve kakubhaśākhā namati; mā kaścinmahatīṃ kakubhaśākhāṃ namayati; ihāhaṃ kāśyapa sāyāhne pratisaṃlayanādvyutthāya yena pāṇikhātā puṣkariṇī tenopajagāma; upetya pāṇikhātāyāḥ puṣkariṇyāstīre ekāntaṃ cīvarakāṇyupanikṣipya pāṇikhātāṃ puṣkariṇīmabhyavagāhya; gātrāṇi pariṣicya pāṇikhātāyāḥ puṣkariṇyā uttartukāmo yena kakubhavṛkṣastena bāhuṃ prasārayami; tataḥ sā mahatī kakubhaśākhā namati yāmavalaṃbya pāṇikhātāyāḥ puṣkariṇyā ahamuttīrṇaḥ; bāhugṛhīto nāma kāśyapa eṣa kakubhaḥ; athorubilvākāśyapasya jaṭilasyaitadabhavat: āścaryaṃ yāvanmaharddhiko mahāśramaṇo mahānubhāvaḥ; api tvahamapyarhan