1 Ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā kosambiyaṃ viharati ghositārāme. Atha kho āyasmā ānando yena bhagavā tenupasankami; upasankamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi. Ekamantaṃ nisinnaṃ kho āyasmantaṃ ānandaṃ bhagavā etadavoca:  "api nu taṃ, ānanda, adhikaraṇaṃ vūpasantan"ti? "Kuto taṃ, bhante, adhikaraṇaṃ vūpasamissati. Āyasmato, bhante, anuruddhassa bāhiyo nāma saddhivihāriko kevalakappaṃ sanghabhedāya ṭhito. Tatrāyasmā anuruddho na ekavācikampi bhaṇitabbaṃ maññatī"ti.

2 "Kadā panānanda, anuruddho sanghamajjhe adhikaraṇesu voyuñjati. Nanu, ānanda, yāni kānici adhikaraṇāni uppajjanti, sabbāni tāni tumhe ceva vūpasametha sāriputtamoggallānā ca.

3 Cattārome, ānanda, atthavase sampassamāno pāpabhikkhu sanghabhedena nandati. Katame cattāro? Idhānanda, pāpabhikkhu dussīlo hoti pāpadhammo asuci sankassarasamācāro paṭicchannakammanto assamaṇo samaṇapaṭiñño abrahmacārī brahmacāripaṭiñño antopūti avassuto kasambujāto. Tassa evaṃ hoti:  ‘sace kho maṃ bhikkhū jānissanti – dussīlo pāpadhammo asuci sankassarasamācāro paṭicchannakammanto assamaṇo samaṇapaṭiñño abrahmacārī brahmacāripaṭiñño antopūti avassuto kasambujātoti, samaggā maṃ santā nāsessanti; vaggā pana maṃ na nāsessantī’ti. Idaṃ, ānanda, paṭhamaṃ atthavasaṃ sampassamāno pāpabhikkhu sanghabhedena nandati.

4 Puna caparaṃ, ānanda, pāpabhikkhu micchādiṭṭhiko hoti, antaggāhikāya diṭṭhiyā samannāgato. Tassa evaṃ hoti:  ‘sace kho maṃ bhikkhū jānissanti – micchādiṭṭhiko antaggāhikāya diṭṭhiyā samannāgatoti, samaggā maṃ santā nāsessanti; vaggā pana maṃ na nāsessantī’ti. Idaṃ, ānanda, dutiyaṃ atthavasaṃ sampassamāno pāpabhikkhu sanghabhedena nandati.

5 Puna caparaṃ, ānanda, pāpabhikkhu micchāājīvo hoti, micchāājīvena jīvikaṃ kappeti. Tassa evaṃ hoti:  ‘sace kho maṃ bhikkhū jānissanti – micchāājīvo micchāājīvena jīvikaṃ kappetīti, samaggā maṃ santā nāsessanti; vaggā pana maṃ na nāsessantī’ti. Idaṃ, ānanda, tatiyaṃ atthavasaṃ sampassamāno pāpabhikkhu sanghabhedena nandati.

6 Puna caparaṃ, ānanda, pāpabhikkhu lābhakāmo hoti sakkārakāmo anavaññattikāmo. Tassa evaṃ hoti:  ‘sace kho maṃ bhikkhū jānissanti – lābhakāmo sakkārakāmo anavaññattikāmoti, samaggā maṃ santā na sakkarissanti na garuṃ karissanti na mānessanti na pūjessanti; vaggā pana maṃ sakkarissanti garuṃ karissanti mānessanti pūjessantī’ti. Idaṃ, ānanda, catutthaṃ atthavasaṃ sampassamāno pāpabhikkhu sanghabhedena nandati. Ime kho, ānanda, cattāro atthavase sampassamāno pāpabhikkhu sanghabhedena nandatī"ti.

Paṭhamaṃ.