Tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anātha­piṇḍi­kassa ārāme. Tena kho pana samayena bhikkhuniyo attano bhaṇḍakaṃ apassantiyo caṇḍakāḷiṃ bhikkhuniṃ etadavocuṃ—“apāyye, amhākaṃ bhaṇḍakaṃ passeyyāsī”ti? Caṇḍakāḷī bhikkhunī ujjhāyati khiyyati vipāceti—“ahameva nūna corī, ahameva nūna alajjinī, yā ayyāyo attano bhaṇḍakaṃ apassantiyo tā maṃ evamāhaṃsu— ‘apāyye, amhākaṃ bhaṇḍakaṃ passeyyāsī’ti? Sacāhaṃ, ayye, tumhākaṃ bhaṇḍakaṃ gaṇhāmi, assamaṇī homi, brahmacariyā cavāmi, nirayaṃ upapajjāmi; yā pana maṃ abhūtena evamāha sāpi assamaṇī hotu, brahmacariyā cavatu, nirayaṃ upapajjatū”ti.

Yā tā bhikkhuniyo appicchā … pe … tā ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti—“kathañhi nāma ayyā caṇḍakāḷī attānampi parampi nirayenapi brahma­cari­yenapi abhisapissatī”ti … pe … “saccaṃ kira, bhikkhave, caṇḍakāḷī bhikkhunī attānampi parampi nirayenapi brahma­cari­yenapi abhisapatī”ti? “Saccaṃ, bhagavā”ti. Vigarahi buddho bhagavā … pe … kathañhi nāma, bhikkhave, caṇḍakāḷī bhikkhunī attānampi parampi nirayenapi brahma­cari­yenapi abhisapissati. Netaṃ, bhikkhave, appasannānaṃ vā pasādāya … pe … evañca pana, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo imaṃ sikkhāpadaṃ uddisantu—

“Yā pana bhikkhunī attānaṃ vā paraṃ vā nirayena vā brahmacariyena vā abhisapeyya, pācittiyan”ti. (19:74)

Yā panāti yā yādisā … pe … bhikkhunīti … pe … ayaṃ imasmiṃ atthe adhippetā bhikkhunīti.

Attānanti paccattaṃ. Paranti upasampannaṃ. Nirayena vā brahmacariyena vā abhisapati, āpatti pācittiyassa.

Upasampannāya upasam­panna­saññā nirayena vā brahmacariyena vā abhisapati, āpatti pācittiyassa. Upasampannāya vematikā nirayena vā brahmacariyena vā abhisapati, āpatti pācittiyassa. Upasampannāya anupa­sam­panna­saññā nirayena vā brahmacariyena vā abhisapati, āpatti pācittiyassa.

Tiracchā­na­yoniyā vā pettivisayena vā ­manus­sa­do­bhag­gena vā abhisapati, āpatti dukkaṭassa. Anupasampannaṃ abhisapati, āpatti dukkaṭassa. Anupa­sam­pannāya upasam­panna­saññā, āpatti dukkaṭassa. Anupa­sam­pannāya vematikā, āpatti dukkaṭassa. Anupa­sam­pannāya anupa­sam­panna­saññā, āpatti dukkaṭassa.

Anāpatti—attha­purek­khā­rāya, dhamma­purek­khā­rāya, anu­sāsa­ni­purek­khā­rāya, ummattikāya, ādikammikāyāti.

Navama­sikkhā­padaṃ niṭṭhitaṃ.