[308] **"Whatever" (yā pana):** whoever, of whatever sort … . **"Bhikkhunī":** … this one is the bhikkhunī intended in this sense. **"By a bhikkhunī":** by another bhikkhunī.
**"Legal issue (adhikaraṇa)"** means: the four legal issues — a legal issue arising from dispute (vivādādhikaraṇa), a legal issue arising from accusation (anuvādādhikaraṇa), a legal issue arising from an offense (āpattādhikaraṇa), and a legal issue arising from procedure (kiccādhikaraṇa).
**"Come, lady, settle this legal issue"** means: come, lady, decide this legal issue.
**"She afterwards, there being no obstacle":** when no obstacle exists.
**"Should neither settle it":** should not settle it herself.
**"Nor make an effort to have it settled":** should not direct another to do so.
At the mere casting off of the responsibility, [thinking,] "I will neither settle it nor make an effort to have it settled," she commits an offense (āpatti) of pācittiya.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.