Dighanikaya 2.150_7

2.150_7

So – ‘‘ayyo devadatto mahānubhāvo, etassa aviditaṃ nāma natthī’’ti ūruyā potthaniyaṃ bandhitvā divā divassa bhīto ubbiggo ussaṅkī utrasto antepuraṃ pavisitvā vuttappakāraṃ vippakāraṃ akāsi. Atha naṃ amaccā gahetvā anuyuñjitvā – ‘‘kumāro ca hantabbo, devadatto ca, sabbe ca bhikkhū hantabbā’’ti sammantayitvā rañño āṇāvasena karissāmāti rañño ārocesuṃ.

Thinking, "The noble Devadatta is of great power; there is nothing unknown to him," he bound a dagger to his thigh, and in broad daylight, fearful, agitated, suspicious, and terrified, he entered the inner palace and caused the disturbance as described. Then the ministers seized and questioned him, and having conferred: "The prince should be killed, Devadatta should be killed, and all the monks should be killed," they reported it to the king, thinking, "We shall act according to the king's command."