[253] Tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme . tena kho pana samayena aññatarena upāsakena saṅghaṃ uddissa vihāro kārāpito hoti. So tassa vihārassa mahe ubhatosaṅghassa akālacīvaraṃ dātukāmo hoti . tena kho pana samayena ubhatosaṅghassa kaṭhinaṃ atthataṃ hoti . athakho so upāsako saṅghaṃ upasaṅkamitvā kaṭhinuddhāraṃ yāci. Bhagavato etamatthaṃ ārocesuṃ. {253.1} Athakho bhagavā etasmiṃ nidāne etasmiṃ pakaraṇe dhammiṃ kathaṃ katvā bhikkhū āmantesi anujānāmi bhikkhave kaṭhinaṃ uddharituṃ evañca pana bhikkhave kaṭhinaṃ uddharitabbaṃ . byattena bhikkhunā paṭibalena saṅgho ñāpetabbo suṇātu me bhante saṅgho yadi saṅghassa pattakallaṃ saṅgho kaṭhinaṃ uddhareyya . esā ñatti . suṇātu me bhante saṅgho saṅgho kaṭhinaṃ uddharati . yassāyasmato khamati kaṭhinassa uddhāro so tuṇhassa yassa nakkhamati so bhāseyya . uddhataṃ saṅghena kaṭhinaṃ. Khamati saṅghassa tasmā tuṇhī. Evametaṃ dhārayāmīti.

[254] Athakho so upāsako bhikkhunīsaṅghaṃ upasaṅkamitvā kaṭhinuddhāraṃ yāci . thullanandā bhikkhunī cīvaraṃ amhākaṃ bhavissatīti kaṭhinuddhāraṃ paṭibāhi . athakho so upāsako ujjhāyati khīyati vipāceti kathaṃ hi nāma bhikkhuniyo amhākaṃ kaṭhinuddhāraṃ na dassantīti . assosuṃ Kho bhikkhuniyo tassa upāsakassa ujjhāyantassa khīyantassa vipācentassa . yā tā bhikkhuniyo appicchā .pe. tā ujjhāyanti khīyanti vipācenti kathaṃ hi nāma ayyā thullanandā dhammikaṃ kaṭhinuddhāraṃ paṭibāhissatīti .pe. saccaṃ kira bhikkhave thullanandā bhikkhunī dhammikaṃ kaṭhinuddhāraṃ paṭibāhatīti. Saccaṃ bhagavāti. {254.1} Vigarahi buddho bhagavā kathaṃ hi nāma bhikkhave thullanandā bhikkhunī dhammikaṃ kaṭhinuddhāraṃ paṭibāhissati netaṃ bhikkhave appasannānaṃ vā pasādāya .pe. evañca pana bhikkhave bhikkhuniyo imaṃ sikkhāpadaṃ uddisantu {254.2} yā pana bhikkhunī dhammikaṃ kaṭhinuddhāraṃ paṭibāheyya pācittiyanti.