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The *Nishith Sutra* *tumbi* vessel, depending on need, can be secured with two or three ties. The main goal of a *sadhu* should always be to avoid excessive carelessness and to increase *svadhyaya*.
The carelessness of a *sadhu* is to perform actions related to the body and *upadhi*, he is a renunciant of the *savadyayoga* form of carelessness.
*Aireg* binding - permission is given to bind when necessary, permission is also given to bind with three excellent bindings. A vessel with three bindings can be kept as long as it is in use. Generally, the need or utility of more than three bindings is less likely in any type of vessel. This is clear from *sutras* 44-45, however, *sutra* 46 gives limited permission in the sense of the possibility of a difficult situation. That is, if in a particular area or time, a wooden or *tuba* vessel, which already has one or three bindings, breaks, then until another vessel is found, it should be used with 4-5 bindings, but as soon as possible, a request should be made for an earthen vessel, etc., and the vessel with more bindings should be discarded. Keeping it after one and a half months incurs *prāyaścitta* from this (46th) *sutra*. *Vastra-sandhan-bandhan* *prāyaścitta*
47. The *bhikkhu* who gives or receives a single *padiya* garment, or who makes it, incurs *prāyaścitta*.
48. The *bhikkhu* who gives or receives more than three *padiya* garments, or who makes them, incurs *prāyaścitta*.
49. The *bhikkhu* who sews a garment without a needle, or who sews it, incurs *prāyaścitta*.
The *bhikkhu* who makes a single *faliy-gathi* on a garment, or who makes it, incurs *prāyaścitta*.
The *bhikkhu* who makes more than three *faliy-gathi* on a garment, or who makes them, incurs *prāyaścitta*.
52. The *bhikkhu* who ties a single *faliy* knot on a garment, or who ties it, incurs *prāyaścitta*.
53. The *bhikkhu* who ties more than three *faliy* knots on a garment, or who ties them, incurs *prāyaścitta*.
54. The *bhikkhu* who ties a garment without a needle, or who ties it, incurs *prāyaścitta*.
55. The *bhikkhu* who takes a garment with an unpermitted hand, or who takes it, incurs *prāyaścitta*.
56. The *bhikkhu* who holds a garment with an *aireg-gahiy* for more than a day or a month, or who holds it, incurs *prāyaścitta*.
1. The *churnikara* has not given any meaning to *sutras* 52-53-54, but the *bhashyakara* has given a verse that touches upon their subject.
*Tiṇhuvari faliyāṇam vattham, jo faliyampi sansivvē.*
*Pañcaṇham egtarē so pāvati prāṇamādīṇi* ||787||
Based on this verse, the text and meaning of the *sutras* have been interpreted.