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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
  • MahāvibhaṅgaThe Great Analysis
  • SekhiyakaṇḍaThe chapter on training
  • SurusuruvaggaThe subchapter on slurping

55. SāmisasikkhāpadaReceiving with soiled hand

Tena samayena buddho bhagavā bhaggesu viharati susumāragire bhesakaḷāvane migadāye.
susumāragire → suṁsumāragire (bj, sya-all, pts1ed); saṁsumāragire (mr) | bhesakaḷāvane → bhesakalāvane (bj) | susumāragire → suṁsumāragire (pts) | susumāragire → suṁsumāragire (cck: sī. syā.); saṁsumāragire (cck: ka.)
At one time when the Buddha was staying in the Bhagga country at Susumāragira in the Bhesakaḷā Grove,
Tena kho pana samayena bhikkhū kokanade pāsāde sāmisena hatthena pānīyathālakaṁ paṭiggaṇhanti.
kokanade → kokanude (mr) | kokanade → kokanude (bj: katthaci) | kokanade → kokanude (cck: ka.) | Kokanade → SEKHIYA, 55,56.-Kokanude the MSS. At Cullavagga V.21 the London MS. reads Kokanudo, the Paris MS. Kokanado. Comp. Boehtlingk-Roth s.v. kokanada. (pts note)
the monks in the Kokanada stilt house were receiving the drinking-water vessel with hands soiled with food.
Manussā ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti—
khiyyanti → khīyanti (bj, sya-all) | ujjhāyanti khiyyanti → (pts)
People complained and criticized them,
“kathañhi nāma samaṇā sakyaputtiyā sāmisena hatthena pānīyathālakaṁ paṭiggahessanti, seyyathāpi gihī kāmabhogino”ti.
gihī kāmabhoginoti → gihikāmabhogino ti (pts)
“How can the Sakyan monastics receive drinking-water vessels with hands soiled with food? They’re just like householders who indulge in worldly pleasures!”

Assosuṁ kho bhikkhū tesaṁ manussānaṁ ujjhāyantānaṁ khiyyantānaṁ vipācentānaṁ.
khiyyantānaṁ → khīyantānaṁ (bj, sya-all) | ujjhāyantānaṁ khiyyantānaṁ → (pts)
The monks heard the complaints of those people,
Ye te bhikkhū appicchā …pe… te ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti—
khiyyanti → khīyanti (bj, sya-all)
and the monks of few desires complained and criticized those monks,
“kathañhi nāma bhikkhū sāmisena hatthena pānīyathālakaṁ paṭiggahessantī”ti …pe…“How can those monks do this?” … “saccaṁ kira, bhikkhave, bhikkhū sāmisena hatthena pānīyathālakaṁ paṭiggaṇhantī”ti?“Is it true, monks, that they do this?”

“Saccaṁ, bhagavā”ti.“It’s true, sir.”

Vigarahi buddho bhagavā …pe…The Buddha rebuked them … kathañhi nāma te, bhikkhave, moghapurisā sāmisena hatthena pānīyathālakaṁ paṭiggahessanti.“How can those foolish men do this? Netaṁ, bhikkhave, appasannānaṁ vā pasādāya …pe…
pasādāya → pasādāya pasannānaṁ vā bhiyyobhāvāya (sya-all)
This will affect people’s confidence …” …
evañca pana, bhikkhave, imaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ uddiseyyātha—“And, monks, this training rule should be recited like this:

“Na sāmisena hatthena pānīyathālakaṁ paṭiggahessāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā”ti.‘“I will not receive the drinking-water vessel with a hand soiled with food,” this is how you should train.’”

Na sāmisena hatthena pānīyathālako paṭiggahetabbo.One should not receive the drinking-water vessel with a hand soiled with food. Yo anādariyaṁ paṭicca sāmisena hatthena pānīyathālakaṁ paṭiggaṇhāti, āpatti dukkaṭassa.If a monk, out of disrespect, receives the drinking-water vessel with a hand soiled with food, he commits an offense of wrong conduct.

Anāpatti—There is no offense: asañcicca,if it is unintentional; assatiyā,if he is not mindful; ajānantassa,if he does not know; gilānassa,if he is sick; “dhovissāmī”ti vā “dhovāpessāmī”ti vā paṭiggaṇhāti,if he receives it with the intention of washing it or having it washed; āpadāsu,if there is an emergency; ummattakassa,if he is insane; ādikammikassāti.if he is the first offender.

Pañcamasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.The fifth training rule is finished.

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