[260] Saṅghassa kiccesu ca mantanāsu ca atthesu jātesu vinicchayesu ca kathampakārodha naro mahatthiko bhikkhu kathaṃ hotidha paggahārahoti. Anānuvajjo paṭhamena sīlato avekkhitācārasusaṃvutindriyo paccatthikā nopavadanti dhammato na hissa taṃ hoti vadeyyu yena naṃ . So tādiso sīlavisuddhiyā ṭhito visārado hoti visayha bhāsati nacchambhati parisagato na vedhati atthaṃ na hāpeti anuyyutaṃ bhaṇaṃ tatheva pañhaṃ parisāsu pucchito na cāpi pajjhāyati na maṅku hoti. So kālāgataṃ byākaraṇārahaṃ vaco rañjeti viññūparisaṃ vicakkhaṇo sagāravo vuḍḍhataresu bhikkhusu ācerakamhi ca sake visārado alaṃ pametuṃ paguṇo kathetave paccatthikānañca viraddhikovido Paccatthikā yena vajanti niggahaṃ mahājano paññāpanañca gacchati sakañca ādāyamayaṃ na riñcati veyyākaraṃ pañhamanūpaghātikaṃ dūteyyakammesu alaṃ samuggaho saṅghassa kiccesu ca āhunaṃ yathā karaṃvaco bhikkhugaṇena pesito ahaṃ karomīti na tena maññati āpajjati yāvatakesu vatthusu āpattiyā hoti yathā ca vuṭṭhiti ete vibhaṅgā ubhayassa sāgatā āpattivuṭṭhānapadassa kovido nissāraṇaṃ gacchati yāni cācaraṃ nissārito hoti yathā ca vatthunā osāraṇaṃ taṃvusitassa jantuno etaṃpi jānāti vibhaṅgakovido sagāravo vuḍḍhataresu bhikkhusu navesu theresu ca majjhimesu ca mahājanassatthacarodha paṇḍito so tādiso bhikkhu idha paggahārahoti. Kosambikkhandhakaṃ dasamaṃ . ---------