One not in communion with monks or nuns,
a certain eating is not obtained there,
There is no offence for one who is not away, separated from:
these questions were thought out by those of skill.

Five things not to be disposed of,
(five) not to be divided up
were spoken of by the Great Seer,
There is no offence in disposing of, of making use of:
these questions were thought out by those of skill.

I do not say ten individuals,
eleven are to be shunned,
There is an offence for one who is greeting a senior:
These questions were thought out by those of skill.

Not one who is suspended,
nor yet one who is undergoing probation,
Nor a schismatic of the Order,
nor yet one who has gone over to a faction,
Firm in the basis of belonging to the same communion,
How could there be no sharing in the training?
These questions were thought out by those of skill.

Being questioned, he comes to the Dhamma,
what is skilled, what is connected with the goal,
He is neither living nor dead nor attained to nibbāna.
Which is this individual the Buddhas speak of?
These questions were thought out by those of skill.

I do not say above the collar-bones,
below the navel should be shunned,
How could there be an offence involving Defeat
because of sexual Intercourse?
These questions were thought out by those of skill.

A monk begging for himself builds a hut, the site not marked out,
Exceeding the right measure, involving destruction,
without an open space (round it): there is no offence.
These questions were thought out by those of skill.

A monk begging for himself builds a hut, the site marked out,
To the right measure, not involving destruction,
with an open space (round it): there is an offence.
These questions were thought out by those of skill.

Should one perform no bodily action,
nor even speak to others with the voice,
One would fall into a serious (offence),
a matter for being destroyed.
These questions were thought out by those of skill.

A good man should not do any bodily,
verbal or even mental evil,
How then if he is expelled is he well expelled?
These questions were thought out by those of skill.

Not conversing with any man by speech,
should he utter no word to others
He might fall verbally, not bodily.
These questions were thought out by those of skill.

The rules of training praised by the noble Buddha
could be four Formal Meetings,
All of which one might fall into at one stroke.
These questions were thought out by those of skill.

If two (nuns) ordained together
should accept a robe from the hand of both,
Could the offences be different?
These questions were thought out by those of skill.

Four people having arranged together removed valuable goods:
Three offences involving Defeat,
one not an offence involving Defeat.
These questions were thought out by those of skill.

And should a woman be within, and a monk outside,
(As) there was no hole in that house—
because of unchastity. How could there be Defeat?
These questions were thought out by those of skill.

If, having accepted oil, honey, molasses,
as well as ghee for oneself, one should lay them aside,
Seven days not having elapsed, unless there is a reason,
there is an offence in partaking (of them).
These questions were thought out by those of skill.

The offence is one of Expiation for a slighter offence
with one involving Forfeiture
Together for one who falls.
These questions were thought out by those of skill.

Twenty monks might be assembled thinking that,
complete, they could carry out a formal act,
A monk might be standing twelve yojanas (away),
and that formal act could be reversed
because (the Order) was incomplete.
These questions were thought out by those of skill.

And a speaker through voice even for the length of a stride
Would fall into all sixty-four serious offences
together for which amends (should be made).
These questions were thought out by those of skill.

Dressed in an inner robe,
a double outer cloak put on,
All these are to be forfeited.
These questions were thought out by those of skill.

And there was not even a motion, nor yet a resolution,
nor did the Conqueror say “Come, monk”,
Nor even was there going for refuge for this one,
but his ordination was irreversible.
These questions were thought out by those of skill.

Should one kill the woman who is not (his) mother,
and should he kill the man who is not (his) father,
Should the dullard kill an unariyan,
because of this he would attain the immediately next.
These questions were thought out by those of skill.

Should one kill the woman who is (his) mother,
and should he kill the man who is (his) father,
Having killed mother and father,
not because of this would he attain the immediately next.
These questions were thought out by those of skill.

Not being reproved, not being made to remember,
a formal act might be carried out for one not face to face
And when carried out the formal act would be well carried out,
and an Order, the carrier out, would incur no offence.
These questions were thought out by those of skill.

Being reproved, having made to remember,
a formal act might be carried out for one face to face,
And when carried out the formal act might not be well carried out,
and an Order, the carrier out, would incur an offence.
These questions were thought out by those of skill.

There is an offence in cutting down,
no offence in cutting off,
There is an offence in concealing,
no offence in covering.
These questions were thought out by those of skill.

Speaking the truth is a serious offence,
and lying a slight one for the speaker,
Speaking a lie is a serious offence,
and the truth a slight one for the speaker.
These questions were thought out by those of skill.

One that is allotted, dyed with dye
even if made allowable,
There is an offence for making use of it.
These questions were thought out by those of skill.

A monk eats meat after sunset,
If he be not mad nor yet unhinged nor even in bodily pain,
Not for him is there an offence,
and this rule was taught by the Well-farer.
These questions were thought out by those of skill.

Not inflamed in mind,
nor yet with a mind set on theft,
nor even if he intended “for after dying”,
For him who gives a voting ticket there is “to be destroyed”,
for him who accepts a grave offence.
These questions were thought out by those of skill.

Not even what is agreed on as a dangerous forest-(lodging),
not even an agreement given by the Order,
And not for him is kaṭhina formally made, should he,
having laid aside a robe just there, go for half a yojana,
There is no offence for him till sunrise.
These questions were thought out by those of skill.

All the various bodily, not verbal, matters
That together he might fall into simultaneously.
These questions were thought out by those of skill.

All the various verbal, not bodily, matters
That together he might fall into simultaneously.
These questions were thought out by those of skill.

Three women—in sex: that she would not indulge in,
three men and three non-ariyans (and three) eunuchs.
And she would not practise sex in accordance with the letter—
it might be she is to be destroyed because of sexual intercourse.
These questions were thought out by those of skill.

One could ask to give robe-material to his mother
if it is not altered for an Order,
Of what is there an offence for him,
and no offence for his relations?
These questions were thought out by those of skill.

An angry man is pleasing,
an angry man is contemptible.
Then what is that rule called by which
an angry man is laudable?
These questions were thought out by those of skill.

A satisfied man is pleasing,
a satisfied man is contemptible,
Then what is that rule called by which
a satisfied man is contemptible?
These questions were thought out by those of skill.

Could one fall together into a Formal Meeting,
a grave offence, an Expiation,
one to be Confessed, one of wrong-doing?
These questions were thought out by those of skill.

Both are full twenty years of age, for both there is
one preceptor, one teacher, one resolution:
One is ordained, one not ordained.
These questions were thought out by those of skill.

Not made allowable, not even dyed with dye—
wearing that he might go where he liked,
And there is no offence for him;
and this rule was taught by the Well-farer.
These questions were thought out by those of skill.

One does not give, one does not accept,
for him a recipient does not exist,
She falls into a serious offence,
not a slight one because of her enjoyment.
These questions were thought out by those of skill.

One does not give, one does not accept,
for him a recipient does not exist,
She falls into a slight offence,
not a serious one because of (her) enjoyment.
These questions were thought out by those of skill.

One falls into a serious offence that can be done away with,
out of disrespect he conceals;
Not a nun, and she would not attain a fault.
These questions were thought out by those of skill.

Concluded are the Sweat-Inducing Stanzas