[81] Bhikkhus, a pupil (saddhivihārika) should conduct himself properly toward his preceptor (upajjhāya).
This is the proper conduct therein: Having risen early, having removed his sandals and arranged his upper robe over one shoulder, he should give the tooth-wood, give the water for washing the face, and prepare a seat. If there is rice-gruel (yāgu), having washed a vessel, he should bring the gruel near. When he has drunk the gruel, having given water and received the vessel, holding it low, he should wash it well without scraping it and put it away. When the preceptor has risen, the seat should be taken up. If that place is dirty, that place should be swept.
If the preceptor wishes to enter the village, his lower robe should be given, the spare lower robe received; the waistband should be given; having folded them double, the outer robes (saṅghāṭi) should be given; having washed it, the bowl should be given together with water. If the preceptor desires an attendant ascetic (pacchāsamaṇa), then — covering the three circles, having dressed evenly all around, having bound the waistband, having folded them double and put on the outer robes, having fastened the toggle, having washed the bowl and taken it — he should be the preceptor's attendant. He should not walk too far away; he should not walk too close. He should receive what is in the [preceptor's] bowl. He should not interject speech in between while the preceptor is speaking. If the preceptor is speaking in a way bordering on an offense, he should be restrained.
When returning, he should come back first and prepare a seat; he should set out water for the feet, a footstool, and a foot-wiper; having gone out to meet him, he should receive his bowl and robe; he should give the spare lower robe and receive the lower robe. If the robe is damp with sweat, it should be dried for a while in the sun's heat, but the robe should not be left out in the heat. The robe should be folded; when folding the robe, he should fold it offsetting the corners by four fingerbreadths, [thinking,] "Let there be no crease in the middle." The waistband should be placed within the fold.
If there is almsfood and the preceptor wishes to eat, having given water, he should bring the almsfood near. He should ask the preceptor about drinking water. When he has eaten, having given him water and received the bowl, holding it low, he should wash it well without scraping it, empty it of water, and dry it for a while in the sun's heat, but the bowl should not be left out in the heat. He should put away the bowl and robe. When putting away the bowl, taking the bowl with one hand and feeling under the bed or under the bench with the other hand, he should put the bowl away; and the bowl should not be put down on bare, uncovered ground. When putting away the robe, taking the robe with one hand and wiping the robe-rail or robe-line with the other hand, he should put the robe away with the edge turned away from him and the fold toward him. When the preceptor has risen, the seat should be taken up; the water for the feet, the footstool, and the foot-wiper should be put away. If that place is dirty, that place should be swept.
If the preceptor wishes to bathe, a bath should be prepared. If there is need of cold water, cold should be prepared; if there is need of hot water, hot should be prepared.
If the preceptor wishes to enter the bathhouse (jantāghara), the bath-powder should be kneaded, the clay moistened; taking the bathhouse bench, walking behind the preceptor, having given him the bathhouse bench and received his robe, he should lay it to one side; the powder should be given, the clay should be given. If he is able, he should enter the bathhouse. When entering the bathhouse, having smeared his face with clay and covered himself in front and behind, he should enter the bathhouse. He should not sit encroaching upon the elder bhikkhus, and junior bhikkhus should not be kept from a seat. In the bathhouse he should perform services for the preceptor. When leaving the bathhouse, taking the bathhouse bench and covering himself in front and behind, he should leave the bathhouse. In the water, too, he should perform services for the preceptor. When he has bathed, coming out [of the water] first, having dried his own body and put on his lower robe, he should wipe the water from the preceptor's body; the lower robe should be given; the outer robe should be given. Taking the bathhouse bench, coming back first, he should prepare a seat; he should set out water for the feet, a footstool, and a foot-wiper. He should ask the preceptor about drinking water.
If he wishes to have [the text] recited to him, he should request the recitation; if he wishes to question, he should question.
In whatever dwelling the preceptor lives, if that dwelling is dirty, then, if he is able, he should clean it. When cleaning the dwelling, first taking out the bowl and robe, he should lay them to one side; taking out the sitting-cloth and sheet, he should lay them to one side; taking out the mattress and pillow, he should lay them to one side. The bed — keeping it low, carefully, without scraping it, without knocking it against the door-leaf or door-frame — should be taken out and set to one side. The bench — keeping it low, carefully, without scraping it, without knocking it against the door-leaf or door-frame — should be taken out and set to one side. The bed-supports should be taken out and set to one side; the spittoon should be taken out and set to one side; the leaning-board should be taken out and set to one side; the floor covering, after noting how it was laid, should be taken out and laid to one side. If there are cobwebs in the dwelling, they should first be removed from the ceiling; the window-openings and the corners should be wiped. If a wall that has been treated with red ochre has become stained, it should be wiped with a cloth that has been moistened and wrung out. If a floor that has been finished in black has become stained, it should be wiped with a cloth that has been moistened and wrung out. If the floor is untreated, it should be swept after being sprinkled with water, [thinking,] "Let the dwelling not be soiled with dust." Having collected the rubbish, he should discard it to one side.
The floor covering, having been dried in the sun, cleaned, and beaten out, should be brought back and laid as it was laid before. The bed-supports, having been dried in the sun and wiped, should be brought back and set in their place. The bed, having been dried in the sun, cleaned, and beaten out — keeping it low, carefully, without scraping it, without knocking it against the door-leaf or door-frame — should be brought back and laid as it was laid before. The bench, having been dried in the sun, cleaned, and beaten out — keeping it low, carefully, without scraping it, without knocking it against the door-leaf or door-frame — should be brought back and laid as it was laid before. The mattress and pillow, having been dried in the sun, cleaned, and beaten out, should be brought back and laid as they were laid before. The sitting-cloth and sheet, having been dried in the sun, cleaned, and beaten out, should be brought back and laid as they were laid before. The spittoon, having been dried in the sun and wiped, should be brought back and set in its place. The leaning-board, having been dried in the sun and wiped, should be brought back and set in its place. The bowl and robe should be put away. When putting away the bowl, taking the bowl with one hand and feeling under the bed or under the bench with the other hand, he should put the bowl away; and the bowl should not be put down on bare, uncovered ground. When putting away the robe, taking the robe with one hand and wiping the robe-rail or robe-line with the other hand, he should put the robe away with the edge turned away from him and the fold toward him.
If dusty winds blow from the east, the eastern windows should be closed. If dusty winds blow from the west, the western windows should be closed. If dusty winds blow from the north, the northern windows should be closed. If dusty winds blow from the south, the southern windows should be closed. If it is the cold season, the windows should be opened by day and closed at night. If it is the hot season, the windows should be closed by day and opened at night.
If the cell-yard is dirty, the cell-yard should be swept. If the gatehouse (koṭṭhaka) is dirty, the gatehouse should be swept. If the attendance hall is dirty, the attendance hall should be swept. If the fire hall is dirty, the fire hall should be swept. If the privy is dirty, the privy should be swept. If there is no drinking water, drinking water should be set out. If there is no water for use, water for use should be set out. If there is no water in the rinsing-pot, water should be poured into the rinsing-pot.
If discontent has arisen in the preceptor, the pupil should dispel it or have it dispelled, or a Dhamma talk should be given to him. If anxiety (kukkucca) has arisen in the preceptor, the pupil should allay it or have it allayed, or a Dhamma talk should be given to him. If a wrong view has arisen in the preceptor, the pupil should dissuade him from it or have him dissuaded, or a Dhamma talk should be given to him. If the preceptor has committed a grave offense and deserves probation (parivāsa), the pupil should make an effort, [thinking,] "How indeed may the Saṅgha grant my preceptor probation?" If the preceptor deserves to be sent back to the beginning, the pupil should make an effort, [thinking,] "How indeed may the Saṅgha send my preceptor back to the beginning?" If the preceptor deserves the penance (mānatta), the pupil should make an effort, [thinking,] "How indeed may the Saṅgha grant my preceptor the penance?" If the preceptor deserves rehabilitation (abbhāna), the pupil should make an effort, [thinking,] "How indeed may the Saṅgha rehabilitate my preceptor?"
If the Saṅgha wishes to carry out a formal act against the preceptor — censure (tajjanīya), demotion (niyassa), banishment (pabbājanīya), reconciliation (paṭisāraṇīya), or suspension (ukkhepanīya) — the pupil should make an effort, [thinking,] "How indeed may the Saṅgha not carry out the act against my preceptor, or commute it to a lighter one?" But if the act — censure, demotion, banishment, reconciliation, or suspension — has been carried out against him by the Saṅgha, the pupil should make an effort, [thinking,] "How indeed may my preceptor conduct himself properly, lower his hackles, behave so as to deserve release, so that the Saṅgha may revoke that act?"
If the preceptor's robe needs to be washed, the pupil should wash it, or an effort should be made, [thinking,] "How indeed may my preceptor's robe be washed?" If the preceptor's robe needs to be made, the pupil should make it, or an effort should be made, [thinking,] "How indeed may my preceptor's robe be made?" If the preceptor's dye needs to be boiled, the pupil should boil it, or an effort should be made, [thinking,] "How indeed may my preceptor's dye be boiled?" If the preceptor's robe needs to be dyed, the pupil should dye it, or an effort should be made, [thinking,] "How indeed may my preceptor's robe be dyed?" When dyeing the robe, he should dye it turning it over and over carefully, and he should not go away while the drips have not ceased.
Without asking the preceptor's leave, he should not give a bowl to anyone, nor receive a bowl from anyone; he should not give a robe to anyone, nor receive a robe from anyone; he should not give a requisite to anyone, nor receive a requisite from anyone; he should not cut anyone's hair, nor have his hair cut by anyone; he should not perform a service for anyone, nor have a service performed for himself by anyone; he should not do chores for anyone, nor have anyone do chores; he should not be anyone's attendant ascetic, nor take anyone as his own attendant ascetic; he should not bring back almsfood for anyone, nor have almsfood brought back by anyone. Without asking the preceptor's leave, he should not enter a village, nor go to a charnel ground, nor set out for another district. If the preceptor is sick, he should attend upon him for as long as life lasts; he should wait for his recovery.
The duties toward a preceptor (upajjhāyavatta) are finished.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.