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## Translation:
**[Fourfold Purpose]**
6. During the rainy season, it is prescribed for an Acharya or an Upadhyaya to stay with two other Sadhus.
7. During the rainy season, it is not prescribed for a Ganavacchedak to stay with two Sadhus.
8. During the rainy season, it is prescribed for a Ganavacchedak to stay with three other Sadhus.
9. During the Hemant and Grishma seasons, it is prescribed for many Acharyas or Upadhyayas to travel in a group, each with one Sadhu, and for many Ganavacchedaks to travel in a group, each with two Sadhus, in a village or even a capital city.
10. During the rainy season, it is prescribed for many Acharyas or Upadhyayas to stay in a group, each with two Sadhus, and for many Ganavacchedaks to stay in a group, each with three Sadhus, in a village or even a capital city.
**Discussion:**
These sutras lay down the rules regarding the travel and Chaturmas (four-month rainy season retreat) of Acharyas, Upadhyayas, and Ganavacchedaks. There are no rules laid down here for Pravartak, Sthavir, or other holders of such positions, or for ordinary monks.
Other Agamas do not have any such rules for them. Only for an unmanifested or immature monk is independent travel prohibited, and the negative consequences of independent travel are explained, and the rule of traveling in the presence of a Guru is laid down in Pracha. Shru. 1 A. 5 U. 4 and Suy. Shru. 1 A. 14 Ga. 3-4.
There is no rule in the Agamas for a manifested, mature, and Gītārttha monk to stay alone, but there are rules for various types of Abhigṛha, Pratima, Jinkalpa, Sambhoga-pratyākhyāna, Sāhaya-pratyākhyāna, etc., and for staying alone for the sake of Samyamasamadhi or Chittasamadhi, as well as for the desire to travel alone in the second stage of a monk's aspirations.
The mention of both Acharya and Upadhyaya together here and elsewhere implies that both are endowed with external and internal wealth in the Gachchha, and it is absolutely necessary for both these holders of positions to be present in every Gachchha, according to the Agamas. In other words, according to the Agamas, it is not appropriate for any Gachchha or community of Sadhus to travel without these two.
The position of Ganavacchedak is also necessary in large Gachchhas, but it is not mandatory in every Gachchha like Acharya and Upadhyaya. Therefore, separate sutras are given here for them.
According to the rules of these sutras, these three holders of positions cannot travel alone or observe Chaturmas alone, but it is necessary for them to have at least one or more Sadhus with them. The rules for the Sadhus who are to be kept with them are as follows:
Acharya and Upadhyaya can travel with at least one Sadhu, i.e., in a group of two, during the Hemant and Grishma seasons, and can observe Chaturmas with two other Sadhus, i.e., in a group of three. This rule implies that they cannot travel alone and cannot observe Chaturmas with only one Sadhu, i.e., in a group of two.