[699] At that time the Buddha, the Blessed One, was dwelling at Sāvatthī, in Jeta's Grove, in Anāthapiṇḍika's park. Now at that time the bhikkhus of the group of six, angry and displeased, raised the palm of the hand as a weapon (talasattika) against the bhikkhus of the group of seventeen. Those bhikkhus, evading the blows, wept. Bhikkhus asked: "Friends, why do you weep?"
"Friends, these bhikkhus of the group of six, angry and displeased, are raising the palm of the hand as a weapon against us."
Those bhikkhus who were of few wishes … criticized, denounced, and spread it about, saying: "How can the bhikkhus of the group of six, angry and displeased, [1] raise the palm of the hand as a weapon against bhikkhus?" …
"Is it true, as they say, bhikkhus, that you, angry and displeased, raised the palm of the hand as a weapon against bhikkhus?"
"It is true, Blessed One."
The Buddha, the Blessed One, rebuked them: "How can you, foolish men, angry and displeased, [2] raise the palm of the hand as a weapon against bhikkhus? This, foolish men, is not for the arousing of confidence in those without confidence, nor for the increase of confidence in those who have confidence …
"And thus, bhikkhus, you should recite this training rule (sikkhāpada):
"Should any bhikkhu, angry and displeased, raise the palm of the hand as a weapon against a bhikkhu, there is an offense of pācittiya."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.