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## Āgama Sūtra 39, Cheda Sūtra-5, 'Mahānishīth'
According to the study/purpose/sūtra number, after transcribing the residence epithet, with a concentrated mind, without being disturbed, one should recite it. Then, with a concentrated mind, carefully following the sūtra and its meaning, if one does not transgress the Iryāvahīyam, then one should perform Ekāsana, Vandana Pratikramṇa, and Iryā Pratikramṇa without taking Muhpaṭṭi. One should eat Bangasā without taking Muhpaṭṭi, perform Swādhyāya, give Vācanā, etc. In all places, according to the Purimaḍḍu, one should perform Iryā Pratikramṇa. The residence should be soft, smooth, free of grease, not hard, not riddled with holes from insects, and not cleaned with a stick with a knot or a tail. If one does not clean the residence with a stick with a knot or a tail, then one should perform Ekāsana. If one cleans the residence with a broom, then one should perform Upasthāpana. If one does not recite the garbage collected in the residence with a stick with a knot or a tail, then one should perform Upavās. If one recites the garbage without performing Pratipekṣaṇā, then one should perform five Upavās. But if there is a Ṣaṭpadīkā or any other living being, then one should perform Upavās. If there is no living being, then one should perform Upasthāpana. If one observes the garbage in the residence and finds a Ṣaṭpadīkā in it, one should search for it, separate it, collect it, and take it. If such a Prāyaścitta is not shared among all the monks, then one should perform Ekāsana. If one takes the Ṣaṭpadīkā oneself and does not perform Prāyaścitta division, then one should perform Pārancit. If one does not accept each other from within, then one should perform Pārancit.
According to that, one should clean the residence properly with a stick with a knot or a tail, carefully observe the Kājā, separate the Ṣaṭpadīkā from the Kājā, and recite the Kājā. A monk who remembers the sūtra, its meaning, and both of them with a concentrated mind, with proper method, with sufficient use, and with a concentrated mind, and does not transgress the Iryā Pratikramṇa, should perform the Prāyaścitta of Āyambil and Upavās.
According to that, O Gautama! We will explain further. One who transgresses that - at a time when there is one and a half ghaḍī less than the first pahora of the day, a monk who goes to the Guru with proper method, saying "Sazzhāy Sandisāūṁ" - with a concentrated mind, with a firm determination, with use in the Śruta, one who does not take Apūrvajnāna daily in the first porīsī with one ghaḍī less, with the acceptance of Jāvajjīva, should perform the Prāyaścitta of five Upavās. If one cannot read Apūrvajnāna, then one should remember the sūtra, its meaning, and both of them with a concentrated mind, and not divert one's attention. If one spends time in frivolous talk about food, women, kings, thieves, countries, etc., and indulges in the mind, then one is not worthy of Vandana. Those who have not read before, and for whom it is impossible to take Apūrvajnāna, should also perform the Parāvartan of Pañca Mangala in the first porīsī with one ghaḍī less. If one does not do so, and indulges in frivolous talk or listens to meaningless external talk, then one is Avandanīya.
According to that, a monk who performs Swādhyāya with a concentrated mind in the first porīsī with one ghaḍī less, and then does not transcribe the Pātra, Mātraka, Kāmaḍha-Pātra, or special garment, vessel, equipment, etc., with proper method, with use without distraction, should be considered to have performed the Prāyaścitta of Upavās. Now, the words "Bhikṣu" and "Prāyaścitta" should be connected with each word.
If one does not use the vessel or equipment, then one should perform Upavās. But if one consumes it without transcribing it with proper method, with use without distraction, then one should perform five Upavās. In this way, the first porīsī is completed. If one does not understand the meaning in the second porīsī, then one should perform Purimaḍḍu. If there is a lecture and one does not listen to it, then one is Avandanīya. If there is a lack of lecture, and one does not perform Swādhyāya, such as Vācanā, etc., then one should perform five Upavās.
While doing this, when the time comes, one should perform the Nindana, Garhaṇa, Ālocanā, and Pratikramṇa of any Atichāra that has been committed, as mentioned in the Devasik Atichāra. Even after doing so, if one commits any Atichāra through one's body, speech, mind, Utsūtra, conduct, by conducting oneself in an improper way, by consuming the unpermissible, by performing the unperformable, by having evil thoughts or evil intentions, by consuming misconduct, by conducting oneself in a way that is not worthy of desire, by conducting oneself in a way that is not worthy of a Śramaṇa, for the sake of knowledge, for the sake of vision, for the sake of character, for the sake of Śruta, for the sake of Samāyik, for the three Gupti, for the four Kaṣāya, for the five Mahāvrat, for the six Jīvanikāya, for the seven types of Piṇḍeṣaṇā, etc., for the eight Pravacanamatā,
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