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## Fifteenth Uddeshak:
**Penance for Accepting Clothes Without Investigation**
98. A monk who accepts or approves of accepting a requested or invited garment without knowing, asking, or investigating, is liable to penance.
This garment can be any of the four types:
1. **Nitya Niyamsajjie:** A garment used daily.
2. **Majjanie:** A garment worn for bathing.
3. **Chhannoosavie:** A garment worn for festivals.
4. **Rayaduvarie:** A garment worn for attending the royal court.
**(He is liable to the Laghu Chaumasik penance.)**
**Explanation:**
The sutra mentions two ways of obtaining garments:
1. **Yachana-Vastra:** A garment obtained by the monk requesting, "O householder, do you have any suitable garment for us?"
2. **Nimantana-Vastra:** A garment obtained when the householder, without being asked, invites the monk, "O Muni, if you need any garment, I have this one, please take it."
The sutra categorizes the garments based on their use by the householder. These four categories encompass all the householder's garments.
1. **Nitya:** This includes garments used daily for various purposes like lying down, wearing, or covering. The monk can accept those that are suitable and useful for him.
2. **Majjanie:** This can be included in the first category, as these garments are used for a short time and not worn all day. Alternatively, bathing is not a daily activity, so these garments are mentioned separately. The Churnikar has also included garments worn for visiting the temple in this category. These are also worn for a short time. Therefore, this category should be understood to include other garments used for a short duration.
3. **Mahothsav:** This category includes garments used for special occasions like festivals, celebrations, fairs, weddings, etc.