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The Discourse on Devadatta
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Thus have I heard.
On one occasion the Blessed One was dwelling at Rājagaha on the Mount Vulture Peak, not long after Devadatta had departed.
Then Brahmā Sahampati, when the night was far advanced, with surpassing beauty, having illuminated almost the entire Mount Vulture Peak, approached the Blessed One;
having approached, he paid respect to the Blessed One and stood to one side.
Standing to one side, Brahmā Sahampati, referring to Devadatta, spoke this verse in the Blessed One’s presence:
"Fruit indeed kills the plantain, fruit the bamboo, fruit the reed;
Honour kills a contemptible person, as the embryo kills the mule."