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## 170] [Mahatkalpasutra 24. If the food, etc., containing a share of the Sagarika, is 1. divided, 2. divided, 3. the Sagarika's share is divided, 4. that share is removed, then it is permissible for the Sadhu to accept it from the remaining food. / Discussion - The meaning of the terms used in the Sutra is as follows: 1. A विभक्त-विभक्त means separation or division, until the Sagarika's share is separately determined from the combined food, it is 'A विभक्त'. 2. अव्यवच्छिन्न-व्युच्छिन्न or व्यवच्छिन्न means severance of connection. Until the Sagarika's share is severed, it is 'अव्यवच्छिन्न'. 3. अव्याकृत-व्याकृत means clarification of the share, that this much share is yours and this much share is mine, until such determination is made, it is called 'अव्याकृत'. 4. अनि! ढ नियूंढ means 'to separate from the separately determined share'. / Until the Sagarika's share is removed from the combined food, it is called 'अनि'ढ'. Thus, the collective meaning of the entire Sutra is that when the share of the Sagarika is undivided, unconnected, undetermined, and unremoved from the food of many individuals, including the Shayatar, then if any individual among the organizers of that food gives some share to the Sadhu, it is not acceptable to them. But when the Sagarika's share is divided, severed, determined, and removed, then the food offered from that combined food is acceptable to the Sadhu and he can accept it. It is also mentioned here that in addition to the food prepared jointly by many people, the jointly prepared jaggery, oil, ghee, etc., are all included in this. Even from them, until the Sagarika's share is removed and completely separated, those substances are also unacceptable to the Sadhu. In the previous Sutras, the Sansrusht Asansrusht food does not belong to anyone and is not divided. But the food mentioned in the present Sutra is owned, it is divided and also given to the Shayatar. / This is the difference between the two cases. / The rules for accepting or rejecting the food given to the venerable ones of the Shayatar are as follows: 25. If the food offered to the Sagarika is intended for the Pauddiya, and the Sagarika's share is removed and given to the Pauddiya, and the Sagarika gives it, or the Sagarika's attendant gives it, then it is not permissible to accept it. 26. If the food offered to the Sagarika is intended for the Pauddiya, and the Sagarika's share is removed and given to the Pauddiya, and the Sagarika does not give it, nor does the Sagarika's attendant give it, but the Sagarika's Puja gives it, then it is not permissible to accept it.