[542] Tena kho pana samayena bhikkhuniyo ovādaṃ na gacchanti. Bhagavato etamatthaṃ ārocesuṃ . na bhikkhave bhikkhuniyā ovādo Na gantabbo yā na gaccheyya yathādhammo kāretabboti.

[543] Tena kho pana samayena sabbo bhikkhunīsaṅgho ovādaṃ gacchati . manussā ujjhāyanti khīyanti vipācenti jāyāyo imā imesaṃ jāriyo imā imesaṃ idāni ime imāhi saddhiṃ abhiramissantīti . bhagavato etamatthaṃ ārocesuṃ . na bhikkhave sabbena bhikkhunīsaṅghena ovādo gantabbo gaccheyya ce āpatti dukkaṭassa anujānāmi bhikkhave catūhi pañcahi bhikkhunīhi ovādaṃ gantunti.

[544] Tena kho pana samayena catasso pañca bhikkhuniyo ovādaṃ gacchanti . manussā tatheva ujjhāyanti khīyanti vipācenti jāyāyo imā imesaṃ jāriyo imā imesaṃ idāni ime imāhi saddhiṃ abhiramissantīti. Bhagavato etamatthaṃ ārocesuṃ. {544.1} Na bhikkhave catūhi pañcahi bhikkhunīhi ovādo gantabbo gaccheyyuṃ ce āpatti dukkaṭassa anujānāmi bhikkhave dvīhi tīhi bhikkhunīhi ovādaṃ gantuṃ. Ekaṃ bhikkhuṃ upasaṅkamitvā ekaṃsaṃ uttarāsaṅgaṃ karitvā pāde vanditvā ukkuṭikaṃ nisīditvā añjaliṃ paggahetvā evamassa vacanīyo bhikkhunīsaṅgho ayya bhikkhusaṅghassa pāde vandati ovādupasaṅkamanañca yācati labhatu kira ayya bhikkhunīsaṅgho ovādupasaṅkamananti . tena bhikkhunā pātimokkhuddesako upasaṅkamitvā evamassa vacanīyo bhikkhunīsaṅgho bhante bhikkhusaṅghassa pāde vandati Ovādupasaṅkamanañca yācati labhatu kira bhante bhikkhunīsaṅgho ovādupasaṅkamananti . pātimokkhuddesakena vattabbo atthi koci bhikkhu bhikkhunovādako sammatoti . sace hoti koci bhikkhu bhikkhunovādako sammato pātimokkhuddesakena vattabbo itthannāmo bhikkhu bhikkhunovādako sammato taṃ bhikkhunīsaṅgho upasaṅkamatūti . sace na hoti koci bhikkhu bhikkhunovādako sammato pātimokkhuddesakena vattabbo ko āyasmā ussahati bhikkhuniyo ovaditunti . sace koci ussahati bhikkhuniyo ovadituṃ so ca hoti aṭṭhahaṅgehi samannāgato sammannitvā vattabbo itthannāmo bhikkhu bhikkhunovādako sammato taṃ bhikkhunīsaṅgho upasaṅkamatūti . sace na koci ussahati bhikkhuniyo ovadituṃ pātimokkhuddesakena vattabbo natthi koci bhikkhu bhikkhunovādako sammato pāsādikena bhikkhunīsaṅgho sampādetūti.