Ekottaragama (Sanskrit fragments) 11.10.11

11.10.11

時，彼比丘白世尊曰：「提婆達兜比丘者，有大神力，有大威勢。云何世尊記彼一劫受罪重耶？」

That monk then said to the Bhagavān, “The monk Devadatta possessed great spiritual power and great authority. How could the Bhagavān predict that he’ll be punished so severely for an eon?”