[1065] Accusation (anuvāda) is a legal issue of accusation (anuvādādhikaraṇa); accusation is not a legal issue (adhikaraṇa); a legal issue is not accusation; there is both a legal issue and accusation. There may be accusation that is a legal issue of accusation; there may be accusation that is not a legal issue; there may be a legal issue that is not accusation; there may be that which is both a legal issue and accusation.
Herein, what is accusation that is a legal issue of accusation? Here bhikkhus accuse a bhikkhu of failure in virtue (sīlavipatti), or of failure in conduct (ācāravipatti), or of failure in view (diṭṭhivipatti), or of failure in livelihood (ājīvavipatti): whatever accusing, charging, speaking against, censuring, siding against, instigating, and lending of support there is in that case — this accusation is a legal issue of accusation.
Herein, what is accusation that is not a legal issue? A mother accuses her son, a son accuses his mother, a father accuses his son, a son accuses his father, a brother accuses a brother, a brother accuses a sister, a sister accuses a brother, a friend accuses a friend — this accusation is not a legal issue.
Herein, what is a legal issue that is not accusation? A legal issue of offense (āpattādhikaraṇa), a legal issue of business (kiccādhikaraṇa), a legal issue of dispute (vivādādhikaraṇa) — this is a legal issue that is not accusation.
Herein, what is both a legal issue and accusation? A legal issue of accusation is both a legal issue and accusation.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.