Tena kho pana samayena bhikkhū sāmaṇerānaṁ mukhadvārikaṁ āhāraṁ āvaraṇaṁ karonti. Manussā yāgupānampi saṅghabhattampi karontā sāmaṇere evaṁ vadenti— “etha, bhante, yāguṁ pivatha; etha, bhante, bhattaṁ bhuñjathā”ti. Sāmaṇerā evaṁ vadenti— “nāvuso, labbhā. Bhikkhūhi āvaraṇaṁ katan”ti. Manussā ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti— “kathañhi nāma bhadantā sāmaṇerānaṁ mukhadvārikaṁ āhāraṁ āvaraṇaṁ karissantī”ti. Bhagavato etamatthaṁ ārocesuṁ. “Na, bhikkhave, mukhadvāriko āhāro āvaraṇaṁ kātabbo. Yo kareyya, āpatti dukkaṭassā”ti. Daṇḍakammavatthu niṭṭhitaṁ.

44. Anāpucchāvaraṇavatthu

Tena kho pana samayena chabbaggiyā bhikkhū upajjhāye anāpucchā sāmaṇerānaṁ āvaraṇaṁ karonti. Upajjhāyā gavesanti— “kathaṁ nu kho amhākaṁ sāmaṇerā na dissantī”ti. Bhikkhū evamāhaṁsu— “chabbaggiyehi, āvuso, bhikkhūhi āvaraṇaṁ katan”ti. Upajjhāyā ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti— “kathañhi nāma chabbaggiyā bhikkhū amhe anāpucchā amhākaṁ sāmaṇerānaṁ āvaraṇaṁ karissantī”ti. Bhagavato etamatthaṁ ārocesuṁ. “Na, bhikkhave, upajjhāye anāpucchā āvaraṇaṁ kātabbaṁ. Yo kareyya, āpatti dukkaṭassā”ti.

45. Apalāḷanavatthu

Tena kho pana samayena chabbaggiyā bhikkhū therānaṁ bhikkhūnaṁ sāmaṇere apalāḷenti. Therā sāmaṁ dantakaṭṭhampi mukhodakampi gaṇhantā kilamanti. Bhagavato etamatthaṁ ārocesuṁ. “Na, bhikkhave, aññassa parisā apalāḷetabbā. Yo apalāḷeyya, āpatti dukkaṭassā”ti.

46. Kaṇṭakasāmaṇeravatthu