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 253 - The jackal measuring the step of an elephant with its own
bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣavo haimavato hastī pānīyaṃ pātumavatīrṇaḥ; tasya pṛṣṭhataḥ sṛgālo'vatīrṇaḥ; sa hastipadaṃ dṛṣṭvā ātmīyena padena māpayitumārabdhaḥ; sa saṃlakṣayati: mamaitāni padāni iti; sa utplutyotplutya padāni sthāpayan kalamacchinnena kāṣṭhena śūlāyāṃ protaḥ; devatā gāthāṃ bhāṣate
na padaṃ tava muḍha tulyakaṃ
gajapādapadena sarvathā |
tyaja buddhimimāṃ nirarthikāṃ
parikhedamāpsyase vṛthā || iti (i 166)
kiṃ manyadhve bhikṣavo yo'sau sṛgālaḥ eṣa eva devadattaḥ tena kālena tena samayena; tadāpyeṣa pādanimittamanayena vyasannamāpannaḥ; etarhyapyeṣa cakrāṅkapādatalacihnatāyā arthe duḥkhāṃ tīvraṃ kharāṃ kaṭukāmamanāpāṃ vedanāṃ vedayate iti