[186] **"Whatever"** means: whoever, of whatever sort … . **"Bhikkhunī"** means: … this is the bhikkhunī intended in this sense. **"In the dark of night"** means: when the sun has set. **"Without a lamp"** means: without light. **"Man"** means: a human male — not a yakkha, not a peta, not an animal — one intelligent, capable of standing together and of conversing. **"With"** means: together. **"One with one"** means: there is a man and a bhikkhunī. **"Should stand together"** means: she stands within arm's reach (hatthapāsa) of the man — an offense of pācittiya. **"Or should converse"** means: standing within arm's reach of the man, she converses — an offense of pācittiya. Having gone beyond arm's reach, she stands together or converses — an offense of dukkaṭa. She stands together or converses with a yakkha, or a peta, or a paṇḍaka, or an animal having human form — an offense of dukkaṭa.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.