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## The 8th Uddeshak:
**(1)** Renunciation of bodily attachment, meaning abstaining from all bodily activities except for the consumption of regulated, limited food and the use of medicines.
**(2)** Not retaliating or avoiding any harm inflicted by gods, humans, or animals.
**(3)** Maintaining equanimity and not feeling pleased when receiving respect or veneration.
**(4)** Entering a house for food only after animals have finished grazing and birds have finished eating, if they are present in the path or outside the house.
**(5)** Accepting food from unknown houses where the resident is unaware of the arrival of the Padimadhari or where no one is waiting for them.
**(6)** Consuming coarse food devoid of any impurities or defects.
**(7)** Consuming food that is pure and free from any external substances.
**(8)** Not going to the same place where other mendicants are seeking alms.
**(9)** Accepting food from only one person, not from multiple people.
**(10)** Not accepting alms from a pregnant woman.
**(11)** Not accepting alms from someone carrying a young child.
**(12)** Not accepting alms from a woman breastfeeding a child.
**(13)** Not accepting alms from anyone standing outside the threshold of the house.
**(14)** Accepting alms from a donor sitting or standing with one foot inside and one foot outside the threshold.
It is essential for Padimadharis to follow the 42 faults of Eshana and other methods mentioned in the scriptures. These two Chandrapratima are worshipped once a month. If food is received according to these rules, it should be accepted; if not, one should fast that day. The Padimadhari monk determines the time for alms and the number of houses to visit and travels accordingly. If food is not received, it becomes an excellent one-month penance. However, they do not make any exceptions to these rules.
The commentary states that only a monk who has completed 20 years of initiation, has undergone three Sanhananas, and possesses the knowledge of the nine previous births can wear these two Pratiamas. The commentary also reveals that the text "Sabvehi dupppay-chaupppay-maiyehi aahar kankhihin sattehi padiniyhi" was not available to the commentator. They explained the words and sentences individually but did not interpret this particular sentence. The meaning of this sentence is...