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ÂRÂRÂNGA SOTRA.
he (the owner) should not take such a robe for himself, nor should he give it to somebody else, nor should he give it on promise (for another robe after a few days), nor should he exchange that robe for another one. He should not go to another mendicant and say: 'Olong-lived Sramana! do you want to wear or use this robe ?' He (the owner of the robe) should not rend the still strong robe, and cast it away; but give it him (who had borrowed it) in its worn state; he should not use it himself. (2)
The same rule holds good when many mendicants borrow for a short time clothes, and return after staying abroad for one, &c., days. All should be put in the plural. (3)
Well, I shall borrow a robe and return after staying abroad for one, two, three, four, or five days; perhaps it will thus become my own. As this would be sinful, he should not do so. (4)
A monk or a nun should not make coloured clothes colourless, or colour colourless clothes ; nor should they give them to somebody else thinking that they will get other clothes; nor should they give it on promise (for other clothes); nor should they exchange them for other clothes ; nor should they go to somebody else and say: 'O long-lived Sramana! do you want to wear or use these clothes ?' They should not rend the still strong clothes, and cast them away, that another mendicant might think them bad ones. (5)
If he sees in his way thieves, he should not from. fear of them, and to save his clothes, leave the road or go into another road, &c. (see II, 3, 3, § 13), but undisturbed, his mind not directed to outward things,
