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## Tenth Uddeshak
[207 27. A monk who, with a firm resolve and without any doubt, takes food, drink, edibles, or savories, knowing that the sunrise has not occurred or the sunset has already happened, and while eating, finds that the food is in his mouth, hand, or vessel, should discard it, cleanse his mouth, hands, and vessel, and should not be considered to have violated the Jain code. However, one who consumes the remaining food or approves of the consumption of the remaining food, is considered to have violated the Jain code.
28. A monk who, with a firm resolve and without any doubt, takes food, drink, edibles, or savories, knowing that the sunrise has not occurred or the sunset has already happened, and while eating, finds that the food is in his mouth, hand, or vessel, should discard it, cleanse his mouth, hands, and vessel, and should not be considered to have violated the Jain code. However, one who consumes the remaining food or approves of the consumption of the remaining food, is considered to have violated the Jain code.
25. A monk resolves to take food only after sunrise and before sunset. If a capable monk, without any doubt, takes food, drink, edibles, or savories, and while eating, finds that the sunrise has not occurred or the sunset has already happened, and the food is in his mouth, hand, or vessel, he should discard it, cleanse his mouth, hands, and vessel, and should not be considered to have violated the Jain code. However, one who consumes the remaining food or approves of the consumption of the remaining food, is considered to have violated the Jain code.
26. A monk resolves to take food only after sunrise and before sunset. If a capable monk, with doubt, takes food, drink, edibles, or savories, and while eating, finds that the sunrise has not occurred or the sunset has already happened, and the food is in his mouth, hand, or vessel, he should discard it, cleanse his mouth, hands, and vessel, and should not be considered to have violated the Jain code. However, one who consumes the remaining food or approves of the consumption of the remaining food, is considered to have violated the Jain code.
27. A monk resolves to take food only after sunrise and before sunset. If an incapable monk, without any doubt, takes food, drink, edibles, or savories, and while eating, finds that the sunrise has not occurred or the sunset has already happened, and the food is in his mouth, hand, or vessel, he should discard it, cleanse his mouth, hands, and vessel, and should not be considered to have violated the Jain code. However, one who consumes the remaining food or approves of the consumption of the remaining food, is considered to have violated the Jain code.
28. A monk resolves to take food only after sunrise and before sunset. If an incapable monk, with doubt, takes food, drink, edibles, or savories, and while eating, finds that the sunrise has not occurred or the sunset has already happened, and the food is in his mouth, hand, or vessel, he should discard it, cleanse his mouth, hands, and vessel, and should not be considered to have violated the Jain code. However, one who consumes the remaining food or approves of the consumption of the remaining food, is considered to have violated the Jain code. (He receives the Guruchaumasi atonement).
Discussion - These four sutras discuss the four aspects of capable-incapable, doubt-free-doubtful. A capable monk takes food without any doubt. ]