[353] There is no offense: if he says, "Know this, give this, bring this, there is need of this, make this allowable (kappiya)"; if it is unintentional; if he is without mindfulness; if he does not know; if he is insane; if he is the first offender.
The tenth training rule is concluded. [1]
The Chapter on False Speech (Musāvādavagga), the first, [is concluded]. [2]
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The summary thereof:
False speech, insulting speech, malicious tale-bearing,
[recitation] word by word, indeed two on sharing a sleeping place,
except with a discerning man, what is real,
a grave offense, and digging.
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[Note 1: The Myanmar edition reads: "The training rule on digging the earth is concluded, the tenth."]
[Note 2: The Myanmar edition reads: "The Chapter on False Speech is concluded, the first." The Ceylonese edition reads: "The first chapter."]
The first training rule of the Chapter on Vegetation (Bhūtagāmavagga)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.