[91] **Goods stored in the ground (bhummaṭṭha)** means goods deposited in the ground and concealed.
A bhikkhu with a mind intent on theft (theyyacitta), thinking, "I shall carry off goods stored in the ground," searches for a companion, or searches for a hoe or a basket, or goes there: an offense of wrong-doing (dukkaṭa). He cuts wood or a creeper growing in that place: an offense of wrong-doing. He digs the soil, or scatters it aside, or lifts it out: an offense of wrong-doing. He touches the pot: an offense of wrong-doing. He makes it shake: a grave offense (thullaccaya). He moves it from its place: an offense of defeat (pārājika).
Having inserted his own vessel, with a mind intent on theft he touches [goods] worth five māsakas or more than five māsakas: an offense of wrong-doing. He makes them shake: a grave offense. He makes them pass into his own vessel, or severs a fistful: an offense of defeat.
Goods strung upon a thread — an ornamental chain (pāmaṅga), or a neck-string, or a waist-string, or a cloth (sāṭaka), or a head-wrap — he touches with a mind intent on theft: an offense of wrong-doing. He makes them shake: a grave offense. Taking hold of one end, he lifts them up: a grave offense. Dragging so that they rub along, he draws them out: a grave offense. He releases them from the mouth of the pot, even by as little as a hair's tip: an offense of defeat.
Ghee, or oil, or honey, or molasses worth five māsakas or more than five māsakas — with a mind intent on theft he drinks it in a single effort (payoga): an offense of defeat. Right there he breaks [the vessel], or discards [the contents], or burns them, or renders them unusable: an offense of wrong-doing.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.