[588] Tena kho pana samayena sabbo bhikkhunīsaṅgho pavārento kolāhalaṃ akāsi . bhagavato etamatthaṃ ārocesuṃ . anujānāmi bhikkhave ekaṃ bhikkhuniṃ byattaṃ paṭibalaṃ sammannituṃ bhikkhunīsaṅghassa atthāya bhikkhusaṅghaṃ pavāretuṃ . evañca pana bhikkhave sammannitabbā paṭhamaṃ bhikkhunī yācitabbā yācitvā byattāya bhikkhuniyā paṭibalāya saṅgho ñāpetabbo {588.1} suṇātu me ayye saṅgho yadi saṅghassa pattakallaṃ saṅgho itthannāmaṃ bhikkhuniṃ sammanneyya bhikkhunīsaṅghassa atthāya bhikkhusaṅghaṃ pavāretuṃ . esā ñatti . suṇātu me ayye saṅgho saṅgho itthannāmaṃ bhikkhuniṃ sammannati bhikkhunīsaṅghassa atthāya bhikkhusaṅghaṃ pavāretuṃ . yassā ayyāya khamati itthannāmāya bhikkhuniyā sammati bhikkhunīsaṅghassa atthāya bhikkhusaṅghaṃ pavāretuṃ sā tuṇhassa yassā nakkhamati sā bhāseyya. {588.2} Sammatā saṅghena itthannāmā bhikkhunī bhikkhunīsaṅghassa atthāya bhikkhusaṅghaṃ pavāretuṃ . khamati saṅghassa tasmā tuṇhī. Evametaṃ dhārayāmīti.

[589] Tāya sammatāya bhikkhuniyā bhikkhunīsaṅghaṃ ādāya bhikkhusaṅghaṃ upasaṅkamitvā ekaṃsaṃ uttarāsaṅgaṃ karitvā bhikkhūnaṃ pāde vanditvā ukkuṭikaṃ nisīditvā añjaliṃ paggahetvā evamassa vacanīyo bhikkhunīsaṅgho ayyā bhikkhusaṅghaṃ pavāreti diṭṭhena vā sutena vā parisaṅkāya vā vadatu ayyā bhikkhusaṅgho bhikkhunīsaṅghaṃ anukampaṃ upādāya passanto paṭikarissati . dutiyampi ayyā .pe. tatiyampi ayyā bhikkhunīsaṅgho bhikkhusaṅghaṃ pavāreti diṭṭhena vā sutena vā parisaṅkāya vā vadatu ayyā bhikkhusaṅgho bhikkhunīsaṅghaṃ anukampaṃ upādāya passanto paṭikarissatīti.