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## Twelfth Uddeshak
[277 "To take food in the first porisi of the day, and to finish it in the fourth porisi, that is the rule."
"There are three paharas before noon, and three paharas after noon. If one is tempted by vices during those paharas, it is called apachchitti. After noon, even with vices, it is called sapchchitti."
The Bhashya and Churni state that collecting food leads to many vices:
1. If ants, etc., enter the food, it is difficult to remove them, and it is a violation.
2. One has to be careful of dogs, etc., and many other activities have to be performed.
And there is also the possibility of many other vices. Therefore, the monk should eat the food in the same pahara in which it is received. It should not be kept for the next pahara. Because keeping it leads to the possibility of the above-mentioned vices.
The Bhashya-kar has also said that if a Jinakalpika monk keeps the food for the next pahara, he incurs a prayaschitta. But a sthavirakalpika monk is allowed to keep it for three paharas. Even if ants enter the food despite careful efforts, there is no prayaschitta. But if it is kept for the fourth pahara, even if the above-mentioned vices do not occur, prayaschitta is prescribed.
If there are vices while keeping the food for Jayana, it is still acceptable, according to the authority of the Agam.
- Bha. Ga. 4148 Churni. This sutra states that keeping food received in the first pahara for the fourth pahara is a laghuchoumasi prayaschitta. The fourth Uddeshak of the Brihatkalpasutra also states that eating it is a laghuchoumasi prayaschitta.
According to the Churni, this sutra should be similar to the sutra in Brihatkalp U. 4, because while explaining the phrase "Ahachch Uvainaavie Sia", the Churnikar has stated that eating it is also a laghuchoumasi prayaschitta. But if a Jinakalpika keeps or eats the food in the fourth pahara, he incurs a guruchoumasi prayaschitta.
_ When the day is divided into hours and minutes, dividing it by 4, the number of hours and minutes obtained is added to the time of sunrise to get the time of the first porisi, and subtracting it from the time of sunset gives the time of the fourth porisi.
## Prayaschitta for violating the territorial limits of food
33. If a monk receives food, drink, or anything to be eaten or drunk, beyond half a yojana, he incurs a prayaschitta.