[96] Tīṇi kāsikavatthāni navampi kāsikavatthaṃ vaṇṇavantaṃ ceva hoti sukhasamphassañca mahagghañca majjhimampi kāsikavatthaṃ vaṇṇavantaṃ ceva hoti sukhasamphassañca mahagghañca jiṇṇampi kāsikavatthaṃ vaṇṇavantaṃ ceva hoti sukhasamphassañca mahagghañca . Jiṇṇampi kāsikavatthaṃ ratanapaliveṭhanaṃ vā karonti gandhakaraṇḍake vā naṃ nikkhipanti.

[97] Evameva tayome kāsikavatthūpamā puggalā santo saṃvijjamānā bhikkhūsu. Katame tayo. {97.1} Navo cepi bhikkhu hoti sīlavā Kalyāṇadhammo idamassa suvaṇṇatāya seyyathāpi taṃ kāsikavatthaṃ vaṇṇavantaṃ tathūpamo ayaṃ puggalo ye kho panassa sevanti bhajanti payirupāsanti diṭṭhānugatiṃ āpajjanti tesantaṃ hoti dīgharattaṃ hitāya sukhāya idamassa sukhasamphassatāya seyyathāpi taṃ kāsikavatthaṃ sukhasamphassaṃ tathūpamo ayaṃ puggalo yesaṃ kho pana paṭiggaṇhāti cīvarapiṇḍapātasenāsanagilānapaccayabhesajjaparikkhāraṃ tesantaṃ mahapphalaṃ hoti mahānisaṃsaṃ idamassa mahagghatāya seyyathāpi taṃ kāsikavatthaṃ mahagghaṃ tathūpamo ayaṃ puggalo {97.2} majjhimo cepi bhikkhu .pe. Thero cepi bhikkhu hoti sīlavā kalyāṇadhammo idamassa suvaṇṇatāya seyyathāpi taṃ kāsikavatthaṃ vaṇṇavantaṃ tathūpamo ayaṃ puggalo ye kho panassa sevanti bhajanti payirupāsanti diṭṭhānugatiṃ āpajjanti tesantaṃ hoti dīgharattaṃ hitāya sukhāya idamassa sukhasamphassatāya seyyathāpi taṃ kāsikavatthaṃ sukhasamphassaṃ tathūpamo ayaṃ puggalo yesaṃ kho pana paṭiggaṇhāti cīvarapiṇḍapātasenāsana- gilānapaccayabhesajjaparikkhāraṃ tesantaṃ mahapphalaṃ hoti mahānisaṃsaṃ idamassa mahagghatāya seyyathāpi taṃ kāsikavatthaṃ mahagghaṃ tathūpamo ayaṃ puggalo {97.3} evarūpo ce thero bhikkhu saṅghamajjhe bhaṇati tamenaṃ bhikkhū evamāhaṃsu appasaddā āyasmanto hotha thero bhikkhu dhammañca vinayañca bhaṇatīti tassa taṃ vacanaṃ ādheyyaṃ gacchati gandhakaraṇḍakeva naṃ kāsikavatthaṃ. Ime tayo kāsikavatthūpamā puggalā santo saṃvijjamānā bhikkhūsu.