{141-144} Bhikkhunīvaggassa paṭhamasikkhāpade. Lābhino hontīti ettha na tesaṃ bhikkhuniyo denti na dāpenti. Mahākulehi pabbajitā pana kuladhītaro attano santikaṃ āgatānaṃ ñātimanussānaṃ kuto ayye ovādaṃ uddesaṃ paripucchaṃ labhathāti pucchantānaṃ asuko ca asuko ca thero ovadatīti asītimahāsāvake uddisitvā kathānusārena tesaṃ sīlasutācārajātigottādibhedaṃ vijjamānaguṇaṃ kathayanti. Evarūpā hi vijjamānaguṇā kathetuṃ vaṭṭanti. Tato pasannacittā manussā therānaṃ cīvarādibhedaṃ mahantaṃ lābhasakkāraṃ abhihariṃsu. Tena vuttaṃ lābhino honti cīvara .pe. Parikkhāranti 1-. Bhikkhuniyo upasaṅkamitvāti tesaṃ kira santike tāsu ekā bhikkhunīpi na āgacchati

Abhiṇhaṃ lābhataṇhāya pana ākaḍḍhiyamānahadayā tāsaṃ upassayaṃ agamaṃsu. Taṃ sandhāya vuttaṃ bhikkhuniyo upasaṅkamitvāti. Tāpi bhikkhuniyo calacittatāya tesaṃ vacanaṃ akaṃsuyeva. Tena vuttaṃ athakho tā bhikkhuniyo .pe. Nisīdiṃsūti 1-. Tiracchānakathanti saggamaggagamanepi tiracchānabhūtaṃ rājakathādimanekavidhaṃ niratthakakathaṃ. Iddhoti samiddho. Sahitattho gambhīro bahuraso lakkhaṇapaṭivedhasaṃyuttoti adhippāyo.

{145-147} Anujānāmi bhikkhaveti ettha yasmā te bhikkhū mā tumhe bhikkhave bhikkhuniyo ovaditthāti vuccamānā adhiṭṭhasaccattā tathāgate āghātaṃ bandhitvā apāyūpagā bhaveyyuṃ tasmā tesaṃ taṃ apāyūpagataṃ pariharanto bhagavā aññeneva upāyena te bhikkhunovādato paribāhire kattukāmo idaṃ bhikkhunīovādasammatiṃ anujānātīti veditabbo. Evaṃ idha paribāhire kattukāmyatāya anujānitvā parato karontova anujānāmi bhikkhave aṭṭhahaṅgehi samannāgatanti ādimāha. Imāni hi aṭṭha aṅgāni chabbaggiyānaṃ supinantenapi na bhūtapubbānīti.

Tattha sīlamassa atthīti sīlavā. Idāni yañca atthi sīlaṃ yathā ca tassa atthi nāma hoti taṃ dassento pāṭimokkhasaṃvarasaṃvutoti ādimāha. Tattha pāṭimokkhova saṃvaro pāṭimokkhasaṃvaro. Pāṭimokkhasaṃvarena saṃvuto samannāgatoti pāṭimokkhasaṃvarasaṃvuto. Viharatīti vattati. Vuttaṃ hetaṃ vibhaṅge pāṭimokkhanti sīlaṃ patiṭṭhā ādi caraṇaṃ saṃyamo saṃvaro mukhaṃ pamukhaṃ kusalānaṃ dhammānaṃ