Tena sammatena bhikkhunā patto gāhetabbo. Thero vattabbo— “gaṇhātu, bhante, thero pattan”ti. Sace thero gaṇhāti, therassa patto dutiyassa gāhetabbo. Na ca tassa anuddayatāya na gahetabbo. Yo na gaṇheyya, āpatti dukkaṭassa. Apattakassa na gāhetabbo. Eteneva upāyena yāva saṅghanavakā gāhetabbo. Yo ca tassā bhikkhuparisāya pattapariyanto, so tassa bhikkhuno padātabbo— “ayaṁ te, bhikkhu, patto yāva bhedanāya dhāretabbo”ti. Tena bhikkhunā so patto na adese nikkhipitabbo, na abhogena bhuñjitabbo, na vissajjetabbo— “kathāyaṁ patto nasseyya vā vinasseyya vā bhijjeyya vā”ti? Sace adese vā nikkhipati abhogena vā bhuñjati vissajjeti vā, āpatti dukkaṭassa. Ayaṁ tattha sāmīcīti ayaṁ tattha anudhammatā. Abandhanena pattena abandhanaṁ pattaṁ cetāpeti, nissaggiyaṁ pācittiyaṁ. Abandhanena pattena ekabandhanaṁ pattaṁ cetāpeti, nissaggiyaṁ pācittiyaṁ. Abandhanena pattena dvibandhanaṁ pattaṁ cetāpeti, nissaggiyaṁ pācittiyaṁ. Abandhanena pattena tibandhanaṁ pattaṁ cetāpeti, nissaggiyaṁ pācittiyaṁ. Abandhanena pattena catubandhanaṁ pattaṁ cetāpeti, nissaggiyaṁ pācittiyaṁ.