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Note:Translations, dictionaries and commentaries were not made by the Blessed One.Cross-check with Pali in 4 main nikayas.

  • Theravāda VinayaTheravāda Collection on Monastic Law
  • BhikkhunivibhaṅgaThe Nuns’ Analysis
  • PācittiyakaṇḍaThe chapter on offenses entailing confession
  • LasuṇavaggaThe subchapter on garlic

8. UccārachaḍḍanasikkhāpadaDisposing of waste over a wall

Tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.At one time when the Buddha was staying at Sāvatthī in Anāthapiṇḍika’s Monastery, Tena kho pana samayena aññataro brāhmaṇo nibbiṭṭharājabhaṭo “taññeva bhaṭapathaṁ yācissāmī”ti sīsaṁ nahāyitvā bhikkhunupassayaṁ nissāya rājakulaṁ gacchati.
bhikkhunupassayaṁ nissāya → bhikkhunūpassayaṁ upanissāya (bj) | bhikkhunupassayaṁ → bhikkhunūpassayaṁ (sya-all) | nahāyitvā bhikkhunupassayaṁ → nhāyitvā bhikkhunūpassayaṁ (pts) | upanissāya → upanissāya (bj: sīmu2, machasaṁ)
a brahmin who had earned money by working for the king thought, “I’ll ask for my wages.” After washing his hair, he walked past the nunnery on his way to the king’s residence.
Aññatarā bhikkhunī kaṭāhe vaccaṁ katvā tirokuṭṭe chaḍḍentī tassa brāhmaṇassa matthake āsumbhi.
tirokuṭṭe → tirokuḍḍe (bj, sya-all, pts)
Just then, after defecating in a pot, a nun disposed of the feces over a wall, and it landed on the head of that brahmin.
Atha kho so brāhmaṇo ujjhāyati khiyyati vipāceti—
khiyyati → khīyati (bj, sya-all) | ujjhāyati khiyyati → (pts)
He complained and criticized the nuns,
“assamaṇiyo imā muṇḍā bandhakiniyo.
bandhakiniyo kathañhi → vandhakiniyo kathaṁ hi (bj) | vandhakiniyo → bandhakiniyo (bj: machasaṁ)
“They’re not monastics, these shaven-headed sluts!
Kathañhi nāma gūthakaṭāhaṁ matthake āsumbhissanti.How can they dump shit on my head? Imāsaṁ upassayaṁ jhāpessāmī”ti.I’m gonna burn down the nunnery!” Ummukaṁ gahetvā upassayaṁ pavisati.
ummukaṁ → ummukkaṁ (bj: sīmu1, sīmu2)
And he got hold of a firebrand and entered the nunnery.
Aññataro upāsako upassayā nikkhamanto addasa taṁ brāhmaṇaṁ ummukaṁ gahetvā upassayaṁ pavisantaṁ.Just then a lay follower who was coming out from the nunnery saw that brahmin with a firebrand on his way in, Disvāna taṁ brāhmaṇaṁ etadavoca—and he said to him, “kissa tvaṁ, bho, ummukaṁ gahetvā upassayaṁ pavisasī”ti?“Sir, why are you entering the nunnery with a firebrand?”

“Imā maṁ, bho, muṇḍā bandhakiniyo gūthakaṭāhaṁ matthake āsumbhiṁsu.
bandhakiniyo → vandhakiniyo (bj)
“These shaven-headed sluts dumped shit on my head.
Imāsaṁ upassayaṁ jhāpessāmī”ti.I’m gonna burn down the nunnery!”

“Gaccha, bho brāhmaṇa, maṅgalaṁ etaṁ.
brāhmaṇa → (sya-all)
“But this is auspicious, brahmin!
Sahassaṁ lacchasi tañca bhaṭapathan”ti.You’ll get your wages and a thousand coins in addition.”

Atha kho so brāhmaṇo sīsaṁ nahāyitvā rājakulaṁ gantvā sahassaṁ alattha tañca bhaṭapathaṁ.
nahāyitvā → nhāyitvā (pts)
That brahmin then washed his hair, went to the king’s residence, and he got his wages and a thousand coins in addition.

Atha kho so upāsako upassayaṁ pavisitvā bhikkhunīnaṁ etamatthaṁ ārocetvā paribhāsi.But that lay follower returned to the nunnery, told them what had happened, and then scolded them. Yā tā bhikkhuniyo appicchā …pe… tā ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti—
khiyyanti → khīyanti (bj, sya-all)
The nuns of few desires complained and criticized them,
“kathañhi nāma bhikkhuniyo uccāraṁ tirokuṭṭe chaḍḍessantī”ti …pe…
bhikkhuniyo → bhikkhunī (bj) | tirokuṭṭe chaḍḍessantīti → tirokuḍḍe chaḍḍessatīti (bj) | tirokuṭṭe → tirokuḍḍe (sya-all, pts) | bhikkhunī → bhikkhuṇiyo (bj: sīmu1, machasaṁ)
“How can nuns dispose of feces over a wall?” …
“saccaṁ kira, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo uccāraṁ tirokuṭṭe chaḍḍentī”ti?
bhikkhuniyo → bhikkhunī (bj) | tirokuṭṭe chaḍḍentīti → tirokuḍḍe chaḍḍesīti (bj) | tirokuṭṭe → tirokuḍḍe (sya-all) | uccāraṁ tirokuṭṭe → (pts)
“Is it true, monks, that nuns do this?”

“Saccaṁ, bhagavā”ti.“It’s true, sir.”

Vigarahi buddho bhagavā …pe…The Buddha rebuked them, kathañhi nāma, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo uccāraṁ tirokuṭṭe chaḍḍessanti.
bhikkhuniyo → bhikkhunī (bj) | tirokuṭṭe chaḍḍessanti → tirokuḍḍe chaḍḍessati (bj) | tirokuṭṭe → tirokuḍḍe (sya-all) | uccāraṁ tirokuṭṭe → (pts)
“How can nuns dispose of feces over a wall?
Netaṁ, bhikkhave, appasannānaṁ vā pasādāya …pe…This will affect people’s confidence …” … evañca pana, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo imaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ uddisantu—“And, monks, the nuns should recite this training rule like this:

“Yā pana bhikkhunī uccāraṁ vā passāvaṁ vā saṅkāraṁ vā vighāsaṁ vā tirokuṭṭe vā tiropākāre vā chaḍḍeyya vā chaḍḍāpeyya vā, pācittiyan”ti.
tirokuṭṭe → tirokuḍḍe (bj, sya-all, pts1ed) | tirokuṭṭe → tirokuḍḍe (pts)
‘If a nun disposes of feces or urine or trash or food scraps over a wall or over an encircling wall, or she has it disposed of in this way, she commits an offense entailing confession.’”

Yā panātiA:
yā yādisā …pe…whoever …
bhikkhunītiNun:
…pe… ayaṁ imasmiṁ atthe adhippetā bhikkhunīti.
atthe → attha (sya-all)
… The nun who has been given the full ordination in unanimity by both Sanghas through a legal procedure consisting of one motion and three announcements that is irreversible and fit to stand—this sort of nun is meant in this case.
Uccāro nāmaFeces:
gūtho vuccati.excrement is what is meant.
Passāvo nāmaUrine:
muttaṁ vuccati.pee is what is meant.
Saṅkāraṁ nāmaTrash:
kacavaraṁ vuccati.refuse is what is meant.
Vighāsaṁ nāmaFood scraps:
calakāni vā aṭṭhikāni vā ucchiṭṭhodakaṁ vā.
ucchiṭṭhodakaṁ → ucciṭṭhodakaṁ (bj)
food remnants or bones or wastewater.
Kuṭṭo nāma
kuṭṭo → kuḍḍo (bj, pts); vuccati kuḍḍo (sya-all) | vuccati → potthakesu na dissatāyaṁ pāṭho (sya-all: yu. ma.)
A wall:
tayo kuṭṭā— iṭṭhakākuṭṭo, silākuṭṭo, dārukuṭṭo.
kuṭṭā iṭṭhakākuṭṭo silākuṭṭo dārukuṭṭo → kuḍḍā iṭṭhakākuḍḍo silākuḍḍo dārukuḍḍo (bj, sya-all, pts)
there are three kinds of walls: walls made of bricks, walls made of stone, walls made of wood.
Pākāro nāmaAn encircling wall:
tayo pākārā— iṭṭhakāpākāro, silāpākāro, dārupākāro.there are three kinds of encircling walls: encircling walls made of bricks, encircling walls made of stone, encircling walls made of wood.
Tirokuṭṭeti
tirokuṭṭeti kuṭṭassa → tirokuḍḍeti kuḍḍassa (bj, sya-all, pts)
Over a wall:
kuṭṭassa parato.to the other side of the wall.
TiropākāretiOver an encircling wall:
pākārassa parato.to the other side of the encircling wall.
ChaḍḍeyyātiDisposes of:
sayaṁ chaḍḍeti, āpatti pācittiyassa.if she disposes of it herself, she commits an offense entailing confession.
ChaḍḍāpeyyātiHas it disposed of:
aññaṁ āṇāpeti, āpatti dukkaṭassa.in asking another, she commits an offense of wrong conduct. Sakiṁ āṇattā bahukampi chaḍḍeti, āpatti pācittiyassa.If she only asks once, then even if the other disposes of such things many times, she commits one offense entailing confession.

Anāpatti—There is no offense: oloketvā chaḍḍeti,if she disposes of it after having looked; avaḷañje chaḍḍeti,
avaḷañje → avalañje (bj, sya-all, pts) | avalañje → avaḷañce AB. (pts note)
if she disposes of it at a place where no one passes by;
ummattikāya,if she is insane; ādikammikāyāti.if she is the first offender.

Aṭṭhamasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.The eighth training rule is finished.

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