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## Seventh Chapter
**With Hindi Commentary**
**247**
There is a fear of attack from animals like cats. Similarly, if a woman is breastfeeding a child and starts begging after weaning the child, the monk should not accept the alms. Because this leads to the fault of *antaraya*. All these *abhigrahas* are done for the sake of self-welfare.
Now the question arises: What should a monk do if a man has prepared food for himself in a forest or if there is a large hall in a city without a threshold? In answer to this, it is said that even if there is no threshold and the giver's posture is such that he has one foot inside the threshold and one outside, then the monk can accept alms from him. Similarly, one should know about mountains, etc.
Now the Sutrakar describes *kalaabhigraha* and says:
**1.1** *Maasiyam nam bhikku-padim padivannassa anagaarassa tao goyar-kaala pannatta. Tam jaha-adim majjhe carime. Adim charejjā, no majjhe charejjā, no carime charejjā. **1.2** Majjhe charejjā, no adim charejjā, no carime charejjā. **1.3** Carime charejjā, no adim charejjā, no majjhime charejjā.*
**Meaning:** For a monk who has taken the vow of *pratipanna* and is an *anagara*, three *gochar-kala* are prescribed. These are: *adim*, *majjhe*, and *carime*. If he goes in the *adim*, he should not go in the *majjhe* or *carime*. If he goes in the *majjhe*, he should not go in the *adim* or *carime*. If he goes in the *carime*, he should not go in the *adim* or *majjhe*.
**Word by Word Meaning:** *Maasiyam* - monthly, *bhikku-padim* - monk's vow, *padivannassa* - who has taken the vow, *anagaarassa* - of an *anagara*, *tao* - three, *goyar-kaala* - *gochar-kala*, *pannatta* - prescribed. *Tam jaha* - as, *adim* - beginning, *majjhe* - middle, *carime* - end. If he goes in the *adim* - *adim charejjā*, he should not go in the *majjhe* - *no majjhe charejjā*, he should not go in the *carime* - *no carime charejjā*. If he goes in the *majjhe* - *jaii majjhe charejjā*, he should not go in the *adim* - *no adim charejjā*, he should not go in the *carime* - *no carime charejjā*.