paṭipanno assa, kappassa ca uḍḍayhanavelā assa, neva tāva kappo

uḍḍayheyya, yāvāyaṃ puggalo na sotāpattiphalaṃ sacchikarotī"ti 5-.

Evamidhāpi alabbhamānagahaṇavasena veditabbaṃ, parikappavacanaṃ hetaṃ. Sace bhagavā bhikkhunibhāvayogyaṃ kañci mātugāmaṃ ehi bhikkhunīti vadeyya, evampi bhikkhunibhāvo siyāti. Kasmā pana bhagavā evaṃ na kathesīti? tathā katādhikārānaṃ abhāvato. Ye pana "anāsannasannihitabhāvato"ti kāraṇaṃ vatvā "bhikkhū eva hi satthu āsannacārī sadā sannihitāva, tasmā te `ehibhikkhū'ti vattabbataṃ arahanti, na bhikkhuniyo"ti vadanti, taṃ tesaṃ matimattaṃ. Satthu āsannadūrabhāvassa bhabbābhabbabhāvāsiddhattā. Vuttaṃ hetaṃ bhagavatā:-

"saṅghāṭikaṇṇe cepi bhikkhave bhikkhu gahetvā piṭṭhito anubandho