Cullavagga - Third Khandhaka: Chapter 20

1. Now at that time a certain Bhikkhu had committed numerous Samghâdisesa
offences, one of which he had concealed for one day, one for two days, one for
three days, [and so on down to] and one for ten days.
He told the Bhikkhus, saying, 'I have committed, (&c., as before, down to) and
one for ten days. What now shall I do?'
They told this thing to the Blessed One.
'Let then the Samgha, O Bhikkhus, impose upon that Bhikkhu an inclusive
probation according to one of those offences which has been concealed for ten
days 1.'
'Now thus, O Bhikkhus, ought it to be imposed.'
p. 410
[Here follows the kammavâkâ in the form given at chapter 1, §§ 2, 3, to the
end.]



Footnotes
409:1 From this and what follows it is clear that however many are the offences,
and however various the periods of concealment, the probation is only to last
for the same period as the longest of the concealments has lasted. Thus the
Samanta Pâsâdikâ says here: agghasamodhâno nâma sambahulâsu âpattîsu yâ ekâ vâ
dve vâ tisso vâ sambahulâ vâ âpattiyo sabbakirapatikkhannâyo tâsam agghena
samodhâya tâsam rattiparikkhedavasena avasesânam ûnatarapatikkhannânam âpattînam
parivâso diyyati. Yassa pana satam âpattiyo dasâhapatikkhannâ, aparam pi satam
âpattiyo dasâhapatikkhannâ ti, evam dasakkhattum katvâ âpattisahassam
divasasatapatikkhannam hoti, tena kim kâtabban ti? Sabbam samodhâpetvâ dasa
divase parivasitabbam, evam eken’ eva dasâhena divasasatam pi parivasitam eva
hoti. Vuttam pi k’ etam:
dasasatam rattisatam âpattiyo khâdayitvâna
dasarattiyo vasitvâna mukkeyya pârivâsiko.