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Nissaggiya pācittiya 20. Rājasikkhāpadaṁ Bhikkhuniṁ paneva uddissa rājā vā rājabhoggo vā brāhmaṇo vā gahapatiko vā dūtena cīvaracetāpannaṁ pahiṇeyya: “iminā cīvaracetāpannena cīvaraṁ cetāpetvā itthannāmaṁ bhikkhuniṁ cīvarena acchādehī”ti. So ce dūto taṁ bhikkhuniṁ upasaṅkamitvā evaṁ vadeyya: “idaṁ kho, ayye, ayyaṁ uddissa cīvaracetāpannaṁ ābhataṁ, paṭiggaṇhātāyyā cīvaracetāpanna”nti. Tāya bhikkhuniyā so dūto evamassa vacanīyo: “na kho mayaṁ, āvuso, cīvaracetāpannaṁ paṭiggaṇhāma, cīvarañca kho mayaṁ paṭiggaṇhāma kālena kappiya”nti. So ce dūto taṁ bhikkhuniṁ evaṁ vadeyya: “atthi panāyyāya, koci veyyāvaccakaro”ti, cīvaratthikāya, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyā veyyāvaccakaro niddisitabbo ārāmiko vā upāsako vā: “eso kho, āvuso, bhikkhunīnaṁ veyyāvaccakaro”ti. So ce dūto taṁ veyyāvaccakaraṁ saññāpetvā taṁ bhikkhuniṁ upasaṅkamitvā evaṁ vadeyya: “yaṁ kho, ayye, ayyā veyyāvaccakaraṁ niddisi, saññatto so mayā, upasaṅkamatāyyā kālena, cīvarena taṁ acchādessatī”ti. Cīvaratthikāya, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyā veyyāvaccakaro upasaṅkamitvā dvattikkhattuṁ codetabbo sāretabbo: “attho me, āvuso, cīvarenā”ti, dvattikkhattuṁ codayamānā sārayamānā taṁ cīvaraṁ abhinipphādeyya, iccetaṁ kusalaṁ, no ce abhinipphādeyya, catukkhattuṁ pañcakkhattuṁ chakkhattuparamaṁ tuṇhībhūtāya uddissa ṭhātabbaṁ, catukkhattuṁ pañcakkhattuṁ chakkhattuparamaṁ tuṇhībhūtā uddissa tiṭṭhamānā taṁ cīvaraṁ abhinipphādeyya, iccetaṁ kusalaṁ. Tato ce uttari vāyamamānā taṁ cīvaraṁ abhinipphādeyya, nissaggiyaṁ pācittiyaṁ. No ce abhinipphādeyya, yatassā cīvaracetāpannaṁ ābhataṁ, tattha sāmaṁ vā gantabbaṁ, dūto vā pāhetabbo: “yaṁ kho tumhe āyasmanto bhikkhuniṁ uddissa cīvaracetāpannaṁ pahiṇittha, na taṁ tassā bhikkhuniyā kiñci atthaṁ anubhoti, yuñjantāyasmanto sakaṁ, mā vo sakaṁ vinassā”ti, ayaṁ tattha sāmīci. Cīvaravaggo dutiyo.

Relinquishment and confession 20: excessive prompting to get a robe If a king, a king’s employee, a brahmin, or a householder sends a robe fund for a nun by messenger, saying, ‘Buy robe-cloth with this robe fund and give it to nun so-and-so,’ and the messenger goes to that nun and says, ‘Venerable, I have brought a robe fund for you. Please receive it,’ then that nun should reply, ‘We don’t receive robe funds, but we do receive allowable robe-cloth at the right time.’ If that messenger says, ‘Is there anyone who provides services for you?’ the nun, if she needs robe-cloth, should point out a monastery worker or a lay follower and say, ‘They provide services for the nuns.’ If the messenger instructs that service provider and then returns to the nun and says, ‘Venerable, I have instructed the service provider you pointed out. Please go to them at the right time and they’ll give you robe-cloth,’ then, if that nun needs robe-cloth, she should go to that service provider and prompt them and remind them two or three times, saying, ‘I need robe-cloth.’ If she then gets robe-cloth, all is well. If she does not get it, she should stand in silence for it at most six times. If she then gets robe-cloth, all is well. If she makes any further effort and then gets robe-cloth, she commits an offense entailing relinquishment and confession. If she does not get robe-cloth, she should go to the owners of that robe fund, or send a message, saying, ‘That nun hasn’t received any benefit from the robe fund you sent for her. Please recover what’s yours, or it might perish.’ This is the proper …