[165] "Indeed, Bhaddāli, a transgression overcame you — such was your foolishness, such your confusion, such your unskillfulness — in that, while the training rule was being laid down by me and while the Saṅgha of bhikkhus was undertaking the training, you declared your unwillingness to make the effort. But since you, Bhaddāli, having seen your transgression as a transgression, make amends for it in accordance with the Dhamma, we accept it from you. For it is growth in the discipline of the Noble One, Bhaddāli, that one who has seen a transgression as a transgression makes amends in accordance with the Dhamma and undertakes restraint in the future."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.