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## Seventh Chapter
## With Hindi Commentary
Now the Sutrakar describes the same subject again:
**For a monk who has taken the vow of non-attachment, six types of gochari are prescribed for the monthly period.** These are: peta (square), ardhapeta (half-square), gomutrika (cow urine shaped), patang vihi (like the movement of a butterfly), sambukavatta (like the spiral of a conch shell), and gatva pratyagata (going and returning).
**Word by word meaning:**
* **Maasiyam:** Monthly
* **Bhikkhu-padimam:** Monk-image
* **Padivannassa:** Having taken the vow
* **Anagarassa:** Of a non-attached person
* **Chavviha:** Six types of
* **Gochariya:** Gochari
* **Pannatta:** Prescribed
* **Tam jaha:** Such as
* **Pela (da):** Square box
* **Addhapela (da):** Half-square box
* **Gomuttiya:** Cow urine shaped
* **Patang vihi:** Like the movement of a butterfly
* **Samvukkavatta:** Like the spiral of a conch shell
* **Gattu pacchagaya:** Going and returning
**Main meaning:**
Six types of gochari methods are prescribed for a non-attached monk during the monthly period. These are: peta shaped, ardhapeta shaped, gomutrika shaped, patang vihi shaped, sambukavatta shaped, and going and returning.
**Commentary:**
This Sutra describes the places for gochari. If the path (street, alley) is square shaped, then gochari should be done in that way. Where it is half-square shaped, gochari should be done in that way. Similarly, gochari should be done in the shape of a cow urine circle. Just as a butterfly flies and then sits down, similarly, a monk should take alms from one house, skip five to seven houses in between, and then take alms from another house. Just as a conch shell spirals, alms should be taken in that way. However, the spiral of a conch shell can be in two ways: right to left or left to right, clockwise or counter-clockwise, internal or external. The monk who has...