[158] **"Now, specifically for a bhikkhu" (bhikkhuṃ paneva uddissa):** means for the benefit of a bhikkhu; having made the bhikkhu the object, desiring to clothe the bhikkhu.
**"Not a relative" (aññātako)** means: one unconnected through the mother or through the father back through seven generations of paternal ancestry.
**"Householder" (gahapati)** means: whoever dwells in a house. **"Householder's wife" (gahapatānī)** means: whatever woman dwells in a house.
**"By weavers" (tantavāyehi):** by cloth-weavers.
**"Robe-cloth" (cīvara)** means: any one of the six kinds of robe-cloth, at minimum one fit for assignment (vikappana).
**"Should have it woven" (vāyāpeyya):** he causes it to be woven.
**"If in that case that bhikkhu" (tatra ce so bhikkhu):** the bhikkhu specifically for whom the robe-cloth is being woven.
**"Not previously invited" (pubbe appavārito):** he has not previously been told, "Venerable sir, what kind of robe-cloth do you need? What kind of robe-cloth shall I have woven for you?"
**"Having approached the weavers" (tantavāye upasaṅkamitvā):** having gone to the house, having approached them anywhere at all.
**"Should give directions concerning the robe-cloth" (cīvare vikappaṃ āpajjeyya):** [saying,] "Friend, this robe-cloth is being woven specifically for me. Make it long and make it wide; make it closely woven, well woven, well spread in the weaving, well scraped, and well carded. Perhaps we too might give¹ some little thing to the good sirs."
**"And that bhikkhu, having spoken thus, should give some little thing, even as much as almsfood (piṇḍapāta)":** almsfood means rice-gruel, or boiled rice, or hard food, or a lump of bath-powder, or a tooth-stick, or thread for a border—even if he but speaks the Dhamma.
If at his word he makes it long, or wide, or closely woven, there is an offense of wrong-doing (dukkaṭa) in the effort; upon obtaining it, it becomes subject to forfeiture (nissaggiya). It must be forfeited to a Saṅgha, to a group, or to an individual.
"And thus, bhikkhus, it should be forfeited …
'Venerable sirs, this robe-cloth of mine—having, without being previously invited, approached the weavers of a householder who is not a relative, I engaged in giving directions concerning the robe-cloth—is subject to forfeiture. I forfeit it to the Saṅgha.' … 'should give' … 'they should give' … 'I give this to the venerable one.'"
¹ [Siam Raṭṭha editorial footnote:] "That the reading is *anuppadajjeyya* is our opinion."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.