[495] Tena kho pana samayena aññataro sattho rājagahā paṭiyālokaṃ gantukāmo hoti . aññataro piṇḍacāriko bhikkhu taṃ satthaṃ piṇḍāya pāvisi . aññataro upāsako tassa bhikkhuno sattuṃ dāpesi . so nikkhamitvā aññassa ācikkhi . tassāpi sattuṃ dāpesi . so nikkhamitvā aññassa ācikkhi . tassāpi sattuṃ dāpesi . yathāpaṭiyattaṃ pātheyyaṃ parikkhayaṃ agamāsi . Athakho so upāsako te manusse etadavoca ajjuṇho ayyā āgametha yathāpaṭiyattaṃ pātheyyaṃ ayyānaṃ dinnaṃ pātheyyaṃ paṭiyādessāmīti . nāyya sakkā āgametuṃ payāto satthoti agamaṃsu . athakho tassa upāsakassa pātheyyaṃ paṭiyādetvā pacchā gacchantassa corā acchindiṃsu . manussā ujjhāyanti khīyanti vipācenti kathaṃ hi nāma samaṇā sakyaputtiyā na mattaṃ jānitvā paṭiggahessanti ayaṃ imesaṃ datvā pacchā gacchanto corehi acchinnoti. Assosuṃ kho bhikkhū tesaṃ manussānaṃ ujjhāyantānaṃ khīyantānaṃ vipācentānaṃ . athakho te bhikkhū bhagavato etamatthaṃ ārocesuṃ . Athakho bhagavā etasmiṃ nidāne etasmiṃ pakaraṇe dhammiṃ kathaṃ katvā bhikkhū āmantesi tenahi bhikkhave bhikkhūnaṃ sikkhāpadaṃ Paññāpessāmi dasa atthavase paṭicca saṅghasuṭṭhutāya saṅghaphāsutāya .pe. vinayānuggahāya . evañca pana bhikkhave imaṃ sikkhāpadaṃ uddiseyyātha {495.1} bhikkhuṃ paneva kulaṃ upagataṃ pūvehi vā manthehi vā abhihaṭṭhuṃ pavāreyya . ākaṅkhamānena bhikkhunā dvittipattapūrā paṭiggahetabbā . tato ce uttariṃ paṭiggaṇheyya pācittiyaṃ . Dvittipattapūre paṭiggahetvā tato nīharitvā bhikkhūhi saddhiṃ saṃvibhajitabbaṃ ayaṃ tattha sāmīcīti.
[496] Bhikkhuṃ paneva kulaṃ upagatanti kulaṃ nāma cattāri kulāni khattiyakulaṃ brāhmaṇakulaṃ vessakulaṃ suddakulaṃ . upagatanti tattha upagataṃ . pūvaṃ nāma yaṅkiñci pahiṇakatthāya paṭiyattaṃ . manthaṃ nāma yaṅkiñci pātheyyatthāya paṭiyattaṃ . abhihaṭṭhuṃ pavāreyyāti yāvatakaṃ icchasi tāvatakaṃ gaṇhāhīti . ākaṅkhamānenāti icchamānena . dvittipattapūrā paṭiggahetabbāti dvetayopattapūrā paṭiggahetabbā . tato ce uttariṃ paṭiggaṇheyyāti taduttariṃ paṭiggaṇhāti āpatti pācittiyassa . dvittipattapūre paṭiggahetvā tato nikkhamantena bhikkhuṃ passitvā ācikkhitabbaṃ amutra mayā dvittipattapūrā paṭiggahitā mā kho tattha paṭiggaṇhīti . sace passitvā nācikkhati āpatti dukkaṭassa . sace ācikkhite paṭiggaṇhāti āpatti dukkaṭassa.