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## Chapter Seventeen: The Seventeenth Uddesaka
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**Discussion:** If food, etc., cannot be easily taken while standing on the ground, then taking it from a high place is considered a Malaprahita fault. In the Churni, this is explained with the distinctions of inferior, medium, and superior. It should be understood that this atonement applies to the superior Malaprahita. For example:
"Suttanipaato ukko sayammi, tam khandhamadisu havejja" - Commentary, verse 5952.
This means that food from high places like those where things are obtained using a ladder, etc., and similarly from low places like cellars, etc., should be considered Malaprahita.
There is a possibility of many faults arising from the ladder slipping or from the carelessness of the person climbing up or down. The ladder might fall, their hands or feet might break, or there might be slander like "It fell while climbing up or down to give it to the Sadhu, or the Sadhu made it fall."
The prohibition of Malaprahita food is clearly stated in Dasha. A. 5, U. 1, and in Aacha. Shru. 2, Pra. 1, U. 7. It is also stated as a cause of Karma-bandha, saying that it is against the principles of Pran, Bhut, Jiva, and Satva. In Pindaniyukti, it is mentioned as one of the Udgama faults.
Food given from a normal height, or from a means that does not fall, or from a permanent means of climbing up and down, is not considered to have the Malaprahita fault. Aacha. Shru. 2, A. 1, U. 7 also discusses this in detail.
**Atonement for taking food kept in a loft:**
126. If a monk takes food, drink, edible, or palatable items kept in a loft, by lifting them up or bending down, or approves of someone taking them in this way, (he incurs the atonement of Laghu-Chaumasika).
**Discussion:** Lofts are made of mud, dung, stone, or metal, etc. If the loft is excessively high or low, or very large, and if it does not require a ladder, etc., to take things out, but it is difficult to take things out, i.e., it requires painful actions like lifting up or bending down, then taking food, etc., from such a loft is prohibited in Aacha. Shru. 2, A. 1, U. 7, and its atonement is mentioned here.
This topic is mentioned in the Aacharaanga after the description of Malaprahita, making it a type of Malaprahita fault. In the atonement mentioned here, it is also mentioned after Malaprahita. In the commentary, it is also called "Tiryak Malaprahita." Refer to the Aacharaanga Sutra for further discussion.
**Statement:**
**Atonement for taking food from a different place:**
127. If a monk takes food, drink, edible, or palatable items that have been moved from their original place, by lifting them up or bending down, or approves of someone taking them in this way, (he incurs the atonement of Laghu-Chaumasika).