釋迦氏譜 1.203

1.203

中本起云。父王見迦葉千人心精形陋外無容貌即選宗族有儀充僧。光暉佛相各莊極華。觀者盈路欲來佛所。調達冠墮和離象伏。占者不祥俱請出家。佛言。夫為沙門實為不易。汝宜在家分檀惠施。如是者三。調達惡念佛妬我耶。即自剃髮修行梵行。後犯五逆生入地獄。口稱南無乃至佛記。後出作辟支佛名曰南無。目連解六十四音。往地獄慰之答言。我臥阿鼻苦而無倦。大論迦離謗舍利弗。故終入蓮花地獄。

The Zhong benqi jing states: Seeing that the thousand men under Kāśyapa had refined minds but crude appearances and lacked handsome features, the father-king selected clan members of dignified deportment to fill the monastic order. Their bright forms reflected the Buddha's marks, and each was adorned with supreme splendour. Onlookers filled the roads as they set out to the Buddha's place. Devadatta's crown fell off, and Upāli's elephant prostrated itself. The diviners considered these inauspicious. Both requested to leave the household life. The Buddha said: 'Being a śramaṇa is truly not easy. You should remain at home, sharing your charity and bestowing alms.' He repeated this three times. Devadatta harboured evil thoughts: 'Does the Buddha envy me?' He then shaved his own hair and cultivated pure conduct. Later, he committed the five heinous transgressions and entered hell alive, chanting 'Namo' with his mouth until the Buddha prophesied: 'In the future he will emerge to become a pratyekabuddha named Namo.' Maudgalyāyana, who understood sixty-four sounds, went to the hell to comfort him. [Devadatta] replied: 'I lie in Avīci, suffering yet untired.' The Da zhidu lun states: 'Kokālika slandered Śāriputra, so in the end he entered the Lotus Hell.'