Bhikkhatīti yācati. Yo hi koci bhikkhati bhikkhaṃ esati gavesati, so taṃ labhatu vā mā vā, athakho bhikkhatīti bhikkhu. Bhikkhakoti byañnena padaṃ vaḍḍhitaṃ, bhikkhanadhammatāya bhikkhūti attho. Bhikkhācariyaṃ ajjhupagatoti buddhādīhi ajjhupagataṃ bhikkhācariyaṃ ajjhupagatattā bhikkhācariyaṃ ajjhupagato nāma. Yo hi koci appaṃ vā mahantaṃ vā bhogakkhandhaṃ pahāya agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajito kasigorakkhādīhi jīvitakappanaṃ hitvā liṅgasampaṭicchaneneva bhikkhācariyaṃ ajjhupagatoti bhikkhu. Parapaṭibaddhajīvikattā vā vihāramajjhe kājabhattaṃ bhuñjamānopi bhikkhācariyaṃ ajjhupagatoti bhikkhu. Piṇḍiyālopabhojanaṃ nissāya pabbajjāya ussāhajātattā vā bhikkhācariyaṃ ajjhupagatoti bhikkhu.

Agghaphassavaṇṇabhedena bhinnaṃ paṭaṃ dhāretīti bhinnapaṭadharo. Tattha satthakacchedanena agghabhedo veditabbo. Sahassagghanakopi hi paṭo satthakena khaṇḍākhaṇḍikaṃ chinno bhinnaggho hoti purimagghato upaḍḍhampi na agghati.

Sukhasamphassopi hi paṭo suttehi saṃsibbito bhinnaphasso hoti, kharasamphassataṃ pāpuṇāti. Sūcimalādīhi vaṇṇabhedo veditabbo. Suparisuddhopi hi paṭo sūcikammato paṭṭhāya sūcimalena hatthasedamalajallikādīhi avasāne rajanakappakaraṇehi ca bhinnavaṇṇo hoti, pakativaṇṇaṃ vijahati. Evaṃ tīhākārehi bhinnapaṭadhāraṇato bhinnapaṭadharoti bhikkhu. Gihivatthavisabhāgānaṃ vā kāsāvānaṃ dhāraṇamatteneva bhinnapaṭadharoti bhikkhu.

Bhindati pāpake akusale dhammeti bhikkhu. Sotāpattimaggena pañca kilese bhindatīti bhikkhu. Sakadāgāmimaggena cattāro, anāgāmimaggena cattāro, arahattamaggena aṭṭha kilese bhindatīti bhikkhu. Ettāvatā cattāro maggaṭṭhā dassitā. Bhinnattāti iminā pana cattāro phalaṭṭhā. Sotāpanno hi sotāpattimaggena pañca kilese bhinditvā ṭhito, sakadāgāmī sakadāgāmimaggena cattāro, anāgāmī anāgāmimaggena cattāro, arahā arahattamaggena aṭṭha kilese bhinditvā ṭhito. Evamayaṃ catubbidho phalaṭṭho bhinnattā pāpakānaṃ akusalānaṃ dhammānaṃ bhikkhu nāma.