Without preceptor, and with the Sangha, Group, <i lang='pi' translate='no'>paṇḍaka</i>, and one without almsbowl; Without robe, both of them, Also the same three with borrowed. Hand, foot, hand and foot, Ear, nose, both of them; Finger, toe, and tendon, Joined, and hunchback, dwarf. Goiter, and branded, Whipped, wanted, and elephantiasis; Serious, and abnormal appearance, Blind in one eye, and so crooked limb. Lame, and paralyzed on one side, Who is crippled; Old age, blind, mute, and deaf, And in regard to the blind and mute. What is called blind and deaf, And mute and deaf; And blind, mute, and deaf, And formal support for the shameless. And should live, so traveling, By one who is asked, notice; Please come, they argued, With one preceptor, Kassapa. And ordained people were seen Oppressed by sicknesses; The uninstructed were embarrassed, Instructing just there. And so in the Sangha, then the ignorant, And not appointed, together; Please lift up, full ordination, Support, by himself, three.” In this chapter there are one hundred and seventy-two topics. The great chapter is finished.

Theravāda Collection on Monastic Law The Great Division The chapter on the observance day 1. The instruction to gather together