[483] **A group meal (gaṇabhojana)** means: wherever four bhikkhus, having been invited with any one of the five foods, eat — this is called a group meal.
**Except on an occasion** means: setting aside an occasion.
**An occasion of illness (gilānasamaya)** means: when at the very least even the feet are split; one may eat, [determining] "it is an occasion of illness."
**An occasion of giving robes** means: when the kaṭhina has not been spread, the last month of the rains; when the kaṭhina has been spread, five months; one may eat, [determining] "it is an occasion of giving robes."
**An occasion of making robes** means: while a robe is being made; one may eat, [determining] "it is an occasion of making robes."
**An occasion of going on a journey** means: one may eat, [thinking] "I shall travel half a yojana"; one may eat while going; one may eat having arrived.
**An occasion of boarding a boat** means: one may eat, [thinking] "I shall board a boat"; one may eat having boarded; one may eat having disembarked.
**A great occasion** means: wherever two or three bhikkhus, walking for alms, can subsist, but when a fourth has arrived they cannot subsist; one may eat, [determining] "it is a great occasion."
**An occasion of a meal given by an ascetic** means: when anyone who has entered upon the state of a wanderer prepares a meal; one may eat, [determining] "it is an occasion of a meal given by an ascetic."
If, apart from an occasion, he accepts [food, thinking] "I shall eat," there is an offense of wrong-doing (dukkaṭa). For every mouthful swallowed, there is an offense entailing expiation (pācittiya).
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.