Tena samayena buddho bhagavā rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalanda­ka­nivāpe. Tena kho pana samayena bhikkhuniyo tattheva rājagahe vassaṃ vasanti, tattha hemantaṃ, tattha gimhaṃ. Manussā ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti—“āhundarikā bhikkhunīnaṃ disā andhakārā, na imāsaṃ disā pakkhāyantī”ti.

Assosuṃ kho bhikkhuniyo tesaṃ manussānaṃ ujjhāyantānaṃ khiyyantānaṃ vipācentānaṃ. Atha kho tā bhikkhuniyo bhikkhūnaṃ etamatthaṃ ārocesuṃ. Bhikkhū bhagavato etamatthaṃ ārocesuṃ. Atha kho bhagavā etasmiṃ nidāne etasmiṃ pakaraṇe dhammiṃ kathaṃ katvā bhikkhū āmantesi—“tena hi, bhikkhave, bhikkhunīnaṃ sikkhāpadaṃ paññapessāmi dasa atthavase paṭicca—saṃgha­suṭṭhu­tāya … pe … sad­dhammaṭ­ṭhitiyā vina­yā­nugga­hāya. Evañca pana, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo imaṃ sikkhāpadaṃ uddisantu—

“Yā pana bhikkhunī vassaṃvuṭṭhā cārikaṃ na pakkameyya antamaso ­chappañ­ca­yojanā­nipi, pācittiyan”ti. (40:95)

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

Vassaṃvuṭṭhā nāma purimaṃ vā temāsaṃ pacchimaṃ vā temāsaṃ vuṭṭhā.

“Cārikaṃ na pakkamissāmi antamaso ­chappañ­ca­yojanā­nipī”ti dhuraṃ nikkhittamatte āpatti pācittiyassa.

Anāpatti—sati antarāye, pariyesitvā dutiyikaṃ bhikkhuniṃ na labhati, gilānāya, āpadāsu, ummattikāya, ādikammikāyāti.

Dasama­sikkhā­padaṃ niṭṭhitaṃ.
Tuvaṭṭavaggo catuttho.