[98] **A burden** (bhāro) means: a burden on the head, a burden on the shoulder, a burden on the hip, or one carried hanging (olambako).
If, with the intention to steal (theyyacitta), he touches a burden on the head, there is an offense of wrongdoing (dukkaṭa). If he makes it move, there is a grave offense (thullaccaya). If he lowers it to the shoulder, there is an offense entailing defeat (pārājika).
If, with the intention to steal, he touches a burden on the shoulder, there is an offense of wrongdoing. If he makes it move, there is a grave offense. If he lowers it to the hip, there is an offense entailing defeat.
If, with the intention to steal, he touches a burden on the hip, there is an offense of wrongdoing. If he makes it move, there is a grave offense. If he takes it in his hand, there is an offense entailing defeat.
If, with the intention to steal, he puts a burden that is in his hand down on the ground, there is an offense entailing defeat. If, with the intention to steal, he takes it up from the ground, there is an offense entailing defeat.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.