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## Nishith Sutra
**[222]**
The third and sixth sutras, which were not accepted in the original, are as follows:
**3.** A monk who consumes food or drinks offered in a vessel made of iron or leather, or approves of such consumption, incurs a sin.
**6.** A monk who consumes food or drinks offered in a vessel made of iron or leather, or approves of such consumption, incurs a sin.
For information on the atonement for accepting vessels made of iron, etc., as mentioned in the sutra, and the potential faults associated with it, please refer to the commentary.
**Atonement for Violating the Half-Yojana Limit for Vessels**
**5.** A monk who goes beyond half a yojana to obtain a vessel, or approves of such a journey, incurs a sin.
**6.** A monk who accepts a vessel brought from beyond the half-yojana limit due to an obstacle in the path, or approves of such acceptance, incurs a sin. (This incurs the Guruchaumasi atonement.)
**Discussion:**
The Acharanga Sutra (Shru. 2, A. 6, U. 1) prohibits going beyond half a yojana to obtain a vessel. This is the territorial limit for exploration from one's place of residence, allowing travel up to two kos. Going beyond this distance and returning involves excessive time and potential for faults like instability. Therefore, the fifth sutra mentions the atonement for this.
The Acharanga Sutra (Shru. 2, A. 6, U. 1) prohibits accepting a vessel brought from afar, and the atonement for this is mentioned in the Nishith Sutra Uddeśaka 14. The sixth sutra here mentions the atonement for a specific situation.
If the path to the vessel is blocked by a lion, snake, or a mad elephant, or by water, and there is an urgent need for the vessel, and it is being brought from within the half-yojana (two kos) area, then accepting it does not incur the Guruchaumasi atonement according to this sutra. However, accepting a vessel brought from beyond the half-yojana limit does incur this atonement.
The sutra uses the word "sapacchavayansi," which means "a situation with some kind of obstacle." Therefore, a vessel brought from afar due to illness or other reasons can be accepted, but violating the half-yojana limit incurs the atonement mentioned in the sutra.