Gaṇabhojanasikkhāpada

Vinayapiṭaka · Bhikkhu Vibhaṅga (2) · Vol. 2 · Section 505

[505] "**Whoever**" (yo pana): whoever, of whatever sort … . "**Bhikkhu**": … this is the bhikkhu intended in this meaning here. "**A bhikkhu**" means another bhikkhu. "**One who has finished eating**" (bhuttāvī) means: any one of the five foods has been eaten, even if only as much as [taken up] with the tip of a blade of grass. "**One who has refused further food**" (pavārita) means: eating is evident, food is evident, one standing within arm's reach (hatthapāsa) offers it, and a refusal is evident. "**Not left over**" (anatiritta) means: it has not been made allowable (kappiya); it has not been formally received; it has not been lifted up and handed over; it has been done outside arm's reach; it has been done by one who has not finished eating; it has been done by one who, having finished eating and refused further food, has risen from his seat; "All that is enough" has not been said; it is not the leftover of one who is sick — this is called "not left over." "**Non-staple food**" (khādanīya) means: setting aside the five foods, and what may be consumed within a watch of the night (yāmakālika), within seven days (sattāhakālika), and for as long as life lasts (yāvajīvika), the remainder is called non-staple food. "**Staple food**" (bhojanīya) means the five foods: cooked rice, porridge, barley meal, fish, and meat. "**Should invite him, bringing it**" means: [saying,] "Take as much as you wish." "**Knows**" means: either he knows by himself, or others inform him, or he [the other] informs him. "**Seeking to find fault**" means: [thinking,] "By this means I will charge him, I will remind him, I will charge him in return, I will remind him in return, I will make him abashed." In bringing it, there is an offense of wrong-doing (dukkaṭa). If at his word [the other] accepts it, [thinking,] "I will chew it, I will eat it," there is an offense of wrong-doing. For each and every mouthful, there is an offense of wrong-doing. At the conclusion of the meal, there is an offense entailing expiation (pācittiya).

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.