[150] "Whatever" (*yo pana*) means: whoever, of whatever sort … "Bhikkhu" means: … this is the bhikkhu intended in this sense by "bhikkhu."
"To a bhikkhu" (*bhikkhussa*) means: to another bhikkhu.
"Himself" (*sāmaṃ*) means: having given it himself.
"Robe" (*cīvaraṃ*) means: any one of the six kinds of robe-cloth, [of] the minimum [size] eligible for assignment (vikappana).
"Angry and displeased" (*kupito anattamano*) means: dissatisfied, with a stricken mind, having become obdurate.
"Should snatch it away" (*acchindeyya*) means: he snatches it away himself — it becomes [an article] subject to forfeiture (nissaggiya).²
"Should cause it to be snatched away" (*acchindāpeyya*) means: he commands another — an offense of wrongdoing (dukkaṭa). Commanded once, even if [the other] snatches away many, it becomes subject to forfeiture; it should be forfeited to a Saṅgha, to a group (gaṇa), or to an individual (puggala).
"And thus, bhikkhus, should it be forfeited: … 'Venerable sirs, this robe of mine, which, having myself given it to a bhikkhu, was snatched back [by me], is subject to forfeiture. I forfeit it to the Saṅgha.' … 'should give [it back]' … 'should give [it back]' … 'I give [it] to the venerable one.'"
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¹ M. and Yu. editions read "*acchindī ti*."
² M. and Yu. editions read "*nissaggiyaṃ pācittiyaṃ*" ("an offense of pācittiya entailing forfeiture") throughout.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.