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Siddhartha Gautama / Buddha
Saṃyutta Nikāya: Connected Discourses Text 12
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English
Bhikkhu Sujato
Linked Discourses 6.12
Chapter Two
About Devadatta
So I have heard.
At one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha, on the Vulture’s Peak Mountain, not long after Devadatta had left.
Then, late at night, the glorious divinity Sahampati, lighting up the entire Vulture’s Peak, went up to the Buddha, bowed, stood to one side,
and spoke this verse in the Buddha’s presence:
“The banana plant is destroyed by its own fruit,
as are the bamboo and the reed.
Honor destroys a reprobate,
as pregnancy destroys a mule.”
Pali
Saṁyutta Nikāya 6.12
2. Dutiyavagga
Devadattasutta
Evaṁ me sutaṁ - ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā rājagahe viharati gijjhakūṭe pabbate acirapakkante devadatte.
Atha kho brahmā sahampati abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇo kevalakappaṁ gijjhakūṭaṁ pabbataṁ obhāsetvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhāsi.
Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho brahmā sahampati devadattaṁ ārabbha bhagavato santike imaṁ gāthaṁ abhāsi:
“Phalaṁ ve kadaliṁ hanti,
phalaṁ veḷuṁ phalaṁ naḷaṁ;
Sakkāro kāpurisaṁ hanti,
gabbho assatariṁ yathā”ti.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
Discours reliés 6.12
Deuxième chapitre
À propos de Devadatta
Ainsi ai-je entendu.
À une époque, le Bouddha séjournait près de Rājagaha, sur le mont du Pic des Vautours, peu après le départ de Devadatta.
Alors, tard dans la nuit, la glorieuse divinité Sahampati, illuminant tout le Pic des Vautours, se rendit auprès du Bouddha, se prosterna, se tint sur le côté,
et prononça ce vers en sa présence :
« Le bananier est détruit par son propre fruit,
comme le sont le bambou et le roseau.
Les honneurs détruisent un réprouvé,
comme la gestation détruit une mule. »
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