Imaṃ pana sārāṇīyadhammaṃ ko pūreti ko na pūreti. Dussīlo tāva na pūreti. Na hi tassa santakaṃ sīlavantā gaṇhanti. Parisuddhasīlo pana vattaṃ akhaṇḍento pūreti. Tatrīdaṃ vattaṃ:- yo hi odissakaṃ katvā mātu vā pitu

@4 cha.Ma.,i. paṭiggaṇhanto ca 5 cha.Ma. ghaṇṭiṃ 6 cha.Ma. pūretīti Vā ācariyupajjhāyādīnaṃ vā deti, so dātabbaṃ deti, sārāṇīyadhammo panassa na hoti, palibodhajagganaṃ nāma hoti. Sārāṇīyadhammo hi muttapalibodhasseva vaṭṭati. Tena pana odissakaṃ dentena gilānagilānupaṭṭhākaāgantukagamikānañceva navapabbajitassa ca saṃghāṭipattaggahaṇaṃ ajānantassa dātabbaṃ. Etesaṃ datvā avasesaṃ therāsanato paṭṭhāya thokaṃ thokaṃ adatvā yo yattakaṃ gaṇhāti, tassa tattakaṃ dātbbaṃ. Avasiṭṭhe asati puna piṇḍāya caritvā therāsanato paṭṭhāya yaṃ yaṃ paṇītaṃ, taṃ taṃ datvā sesaṃ bhuñjitabbaṃ. "sīlavantehī"ti vacanato dussīlassa adātuṃpi vaṭṭati.

Ayaṃ pana sārāṇīyadhammo susikkhitāya parisāya supūro hoti, no asikkhitāya parisāya. Susikkhitāya hi parisāya yo aññato labhati, so na gaṇhāti. Aññato alabhantopi pamāṇayuttameva gaṇhāti, na atirekaṃ. Ayaṃ pana sārāṇīyadhammo evaṃ punappunaṃ piṇḍāya caritvā laddhaṃ laddhaṃ dentassāpi dvādasahi vassehi pūrati, na tato oraṃ. Sace hi dvādasame vasse sārāṇīyadhammapūrako piṇḍapātapūraṃ pattaṃ āsanasālāyaṃ ṭhapetvā nhāyituṃ gacchati, saṃghattherova kasseso pattoti, "sārāṇīyadhammapūrakassā"ti vutte "āharatha nan"ti sabbaṃ piṇḍapātaṃ vicāretvāva bhuñjitvā rittapattaṃva ṭhapeti. Atha so bhikkhu rittapattaṃ disvā "mayhaṃ anavasesetvāva bhikkhū paribhuñjiṃsū"ti domanassaṃ uppādeti, sārāṇīyadhammo bhijjati, puna dvādasa vassāni pūretabbo hoti. Titthiyaparivāsasadiso hesa, sakiṃ khaṇḍe jāte puna pūretabbova. Yo pana "lābhā vata me, suladdhaṃ vata me, yassa me pattagataṃ anāpucchāva sabrahmacārī paribhuñjantī"ti somanassaṃ janeti, tassa puṇṇo nāma hoti.