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37. A giver who is devoid of harm. 38. A woman who gives an established object for another Sadhu. 39. A woman who gives impure things even though she has knowledge of the object.
40. A woman who gives impure things due to ignorance of the object. 271. Some Acharyas believe that it is appropriate to accept offerings from the first twenty-five types of givers. It is permissible to accept from them for specific purposes, but not otherwise. Some believe that one should avoid accepting from givers from 26 to 40. It is permissible to accept from children, etc. (givers from 1 to 25). 272. (A new Shravaka) girl went to the field after delivering a message. The Sadhu accepted a substantial amount of alms from the girl. When the mother asked for food, the girl said, "I gave it all to the Sadhu." This leads to disregard for the teachings and creates animosity, and people say that these are robber Sadhus who are mocking the robes of a Sadhu. 273. The saliva of the elder keeps dripping, his hands tremble, so the object to be given may fall from his hand or the elder may fall. The elder is usually not the owner of the house, so if he gives something, the householder may feel animosity towards the Sadhu, the elder, or both. 274. A drunk person may embrace the Sadhu, break the vessel. A drunk person vomiting may soil the Sadhu or his vessel. These monks are impure - such is the talk in the world. The same faults apply to an insane giver, only he does not vomit. 275. When accepting alms from a trembling giver, the object to be given may fall out, and falling around the vessel may soil it. Similarly, these are the same faults of a feverish giver. The special thing is that there is also a possibility of infection. People talk about these Sadhus accepting alms from feverish people. 276. Accepting alms from a blind giver leads to gossip among people. A blind giver may stumble and fall, harming the six-bodied beings with his feet. The vessel of the object to be given may break from him. While giving alms, he may soil the vessel from all sides with the object to be given. Accepting alms from someone whose body is shedding leprosy may lead to the spread of the disease. 277. Accepting alms from a giver wearing sandals may cause the giver to slip and fall. Accepting alms from a giver wearing handcuffs and shackles causes suffering to the giver and disgust among people due to impurity.
1. For the expansion of the story, see Pari. 3, Katha San. 48. 2. Accepting an object to be given on which saliva has fallen leads to condemnation in the world. 3. A person wearing sandals goes to defecate and urinate, and not cleaning them afterwards leads to disgust in the world that these Sadhus accept alms from impure people (Mav P. 160).