Tattha mahāmaṇḍalaṃ navayojanasatikaṃ, majjhimamaṇḍalaṃ chayojanasatikaṃ, antimamaṇḍalaṃ tiyojanasatikaṃ. Yadā mahāmaṇḍale cārikaṃ caritukāmo hoti, mahāpavāraṇāya pavāretvā pāṭipadadivase mahābhikkhusaṃghaparivāro nikkhamati, samantā yojanasataṃ ekakolāhalaṃ ahosi, purimaṃ purimaṃ āgatā nimantetuṃ labhanti, itaresu dvīsu maṇḍalesu sakkāro mahāmaṇḍale osarati, tatra bhagavā tesu tesu gāmanigamesu ekāhaṃ dvīhaṃ vasanto mahājanaṃ āmisapaṭiggahena anuggaṇhanto dhammadānena cassa vivaṭṭūpanissitaṃ kusalaṃ vaḍḍhento navahi māsehi cārikaṃ pariyosāpeti.
Sace pana antovasse bhikkhūnaṃ samathavipassanā taruṇā hoti, mahāpavāraṇāya apavāretvā pavāraṇāsaṅgahaṃ datvā kattikapuṇṇamāya pavāretvā migasirassa paṭhamadivase mahābhikkhusaṃghaparivāro nikkhamitvā majjhimamaṇḍalaṃ osarati, aññenapi kāraṇena majjhimamaṇḍale cārikaṃ caritukāmo catumāsaṃ vasitvāva nikkhamati, vuttanayeneva itaresu dvīsu maṇḍalesu sakkāro majjhimamaṇḍale osarati, bhagavā purimanayeneva lokaṃ anuggaṇhanto aṭṭhahi māsehi cārikaṃ pariyosāpeti.
Sace pana catumāsaṃ vuṭṭhavassassāpi bhagavato veneyyasattā aparipakkindriyā honti, tesaṃ indriyaparipākaṃ āgamayamāno aparaṃpi ekamāsaṃ vā dviticatumāsaṃ vā tattheva vasitvā mahābhikkhusaṃghaparivāro nikkhamati, vuttanayeneva itaresu dvīsu maṇḍalesu sakkāro antomaṇḍale osarati, bhagavā purimanayeneva lokaṃ anuggaṇhanto sattahi vā chahi vā pañcahi vā catūhi vā māsehi cārikaṃ pariyosāpeti. Iti imesu tīsu maṇḍalesu yattha katthaci cārikaṃ caranto na cīvarādihetu carati. Athakho ye duggatā bālā jiṇṇā byādhitā, te kadā tathāgataṃ āgantvā passissanti, mayi pana cārikaṃ carante mahājano tathāgatadassanaṃ labhissati, tattha keci cittāni pasādessanti, keci mālādīhi pūjessanti, keci kaṭacchubhikkhaṃ dassanti, keci micchādassanaṃ pahāya sammādiṭṭhikā bhavissanti, tantesaṃ bhavissati dīgharattaṃ hitāya sukhāyāti evaṃ lokānukampāya cārikaṃ carati.