[791] **"Those families that have been agreed upon as trainees (sekkhasammatāni kulāni)"** means: a family called "agreed upon as a trainee (sekkha)" is a family that grows in faith but declines in wealth; to a family of such a kind the agreement as a trainee has been given by a formal act consisting of a motion and one announcement (ñattidutiyakamma).
**"Whatever"** means: whoever, of whatever sort … **"Bhikkhu"** means: … this is the bhikkhu intended in this sense.
**"In such families agreed upon as trainees"** means: in families of such a kind agreed upon as trainees.
**"Uninvited"** means: he has not been invited for today or for tomorrow; they invite him as he is entering the precincts of the house (gharūpacāra) — this is called "uninvited."
**"Invited"** means: he has been invited for today or for tomorrow; they invite him when he is not entering the precincts of the house — this is called "invited."
**"Not sick"** means: he is able to walk for alms.
**"Sick"** means: he is not able to walk for alms.
**"Edibles (khādanīya)"** means: setting aside the five foods (bhojana), that which 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 "edibles."
**"Food (bhojanīya)"** means the five foods: boiled rice, barley-gruel (kummāsa), parched-grain flour (sattu), fish, and meat.
If, uninvited and not sick, he accepts it, thinking, "I shall chew, I shall eat," there is an offense of wrong-doing (dukkaṭa). For every mouthful swallowed, there is an offense to be acknowledged (pāṭidesanīya).
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.