[795] Now at that time a certain bhikkhu was sick in a forest lodging (senāsana). People, taking hard food (khādanīya) and soft food (bhojanīya), went to the forest lodging. Then those people said to that bhikkhu: "Eat, venerable sir."
Then that bhikkhu, being scrupulous—thinking, "It has been prohibited by the Blessed One to chew or eat hard food or soft food in forest lodgings, having received it with one's own hand"—did not accept it; and being unable to walk for alms, he went without food. Then that bhikkhu informed the bhikkhus of this matter. The bhikkhus informed the Blessed One of this matter.
Then the Blessed One, on that occasion, in that connection, having given a talk on the Dhamma, addressed the bhikkhus: "Bhikkhus, I allow a bhikkhu who is sick to chew or eat hard food or soft food in forest lodgings, having received it with his own hand. And thus, bhikkhus, you should recite this training rule (sikkhāpada):
"Now, there are those forest lodgings that are considered risky and attended with danger. Should any bhikkhu, while dwelling in such lodgings, receive with his own hand, within the monastery, hard food or soft food that has not been announced beforehand, and chew or eat it while not sick, it is to be acknowledged by that bhikkhu: 'Friend, I have committed a blameworthy act, unsuitable, which is to be acknowledged (pāṭidesanīya); I acknowledge it.'"
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.