[63] "**Now … for a bhikkhu** (bhikkhuṃ paneva uddissa)" means: for the benefit of a **bhikkhu**; having made the bhikkhu the object, wishing to clothe the bhikkhu.
"**One who is not a relation** (aññātako)" means: one not connected on the mother's side or the father's side back through seven generations of paternal ancestry.
"**Householder** (gahapati)" means: whoever inhabits a house.
"**Householder's lady** (gahapatānī)" means: whatever woman inhabits a house.
"**Robe-fund** (cīvaracetāpanaṃ)" means: money (hirañña), gold, a gem, a pearl, a cat's-eye stone, crystal,¹ cloth, thread, or cotton.
"**With this robe-fund**" means: with that which has been set aside.
"**Having had it exchanged** (cetāpetvā)" means: having had it bartered (parivaṭṭetvā).²
"**I will clothe [you]** (acchādessāmi)" means: "I will give."
"**If, in that case, that bhikkhu**" means: the bhikkhu for whose sake the robe-fund has been prepared.
"**Without previously being invited** (pubbe appavārito)" means: it has not been said to him beforehand, "Venerable sir, what kind of robe do you need? What kind of robe shall I have purchased for you?"³
"**Having approached**" means: having gone to the house, having approached [him] anywhere whatsoever.
"**Should make a stipulation concerning the robe** (cīvare vikappaṃ āpajjeyya)" means: [saying,] "Let it be long, or wide, or close-woven, or fine."
"**With this robe-fund**" means: with that which has been set aside.
"**Such-and-such** (evarūpaṃ vā evarūpaṃ vā)" means: long, or wide, or close-woven, or fine.
"**Having had it exchanged**" means: having had it bartered.
"**Clothe [me]** (acchādehi)" means: "give."
"**Out of desire for something fine** (kalyāṇakamyataṃ upādāya)" means: wanting a good one, wanting an expensive one.
If, at his word, [the householder] has one purchased that is long, or wide, or close-woven, or fine, in the effort there is an offence of wrongdoing (dukkaṭa); with the obtaining of 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 of mine — concerning which I, without previously being invited, approached an unrelated householder and made a stipulation concerning the robe — is subject to forfeiture. I forfeit it to the Saṅgha' … 'should give [it back]' … 'they should give [it back]' … 'I give [it] to the venerable one.'"
¹ Variant (M., Yu.): "a pearl, a gem, or coral (muttā vā maṇi vā pavāḷo vā)."
² Variant (M., Yu., Rā.): parivattetvā; so too below.
³ Variant (M., Yu.): cetāpemīti ("I am having purchased").
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.