[55] **Whoever (yo pana):** whoever, of whatever sort … [1]
**Bhikkhu:** … [2] this is the bhikkhu intended in this sense as "bhikkhu."
**Not a relative (aññātaka)** means: one who is unconnected on the mother's side or on the father's side back through seven generations of paternal forebears.
**Householder (gahapati)** means: whoever inhabits a house.
**Female householder (gahapatānī)** means: whatever woman inhabits a house.
**Robe-cloth (cīvara)** means: any one of the six kinds of robe-cloth, at minimum one fit for assignment (vikappana).*
**Except at the right occasion (aññatra samayā)** means: setting the occasion aside.
**One whose robe has been taken away (acchinnacīvara)** means: a bhikkhu's robe has been taken away — taken by kings, by thieves, by scoundrels, or by anyone whatsoever.
**One whose robe has been destroyed (naṭṭhacīvara)** means: a bhikkhu's robe has been burned by fire, or carried away by water, or eaten by rats or by termites, or worn out through use.
If he asks except at the right occasion, in the effort there is an offense of wrongdoing (dukkaṭa); upon obtaining [the robe-cloth], it becomes subject to forfeiture (nissaggiya); it should be forfeited to a Saṅgha, to a group, or to an individual. "And thus, bhikkhus, it should be forfeited … [3] 'Venerable sirs, this robe-cloth of mine, asked for from an unrelated householder except at the right occasion, is subject to forfeiture. I forfeit it to the Saṅgha.' … [3] 'should give …' [3] 'should give back …' [3] 'I give this robe-cloth to the venerable one.'"
* Variant (Yojanā/other edition): *vikappanupagapacchimaṃ* (compound reading).
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.