འདལ་བ་གཞ 3.16

3.16

Considering this, the monk who directs the lifting of restrictions might think, ‘Today is the fifteenth, the saṅgha’s lifting of restrictions, and a dispute about one of the four matters of dispute among the saṅgha has occurred. The monks who uphold the sūtras, those who uphold the vinaya, and those who uphold the mātṛkā are tired from calming, quelling, and quieting disputes by using the seven means to quell disputes. If I direct the lifting of restrictions by reciting the lifting of restrictions three times, the lifting of restrictions will not finish before dawn! I should direct the lifting of restrictions with the lifting of restrictions recited once.’

“Suppose he then directs the lifting of restrictions with the lifting of restrictions recited once—that is the reason for the lifting of restrictions recited once.”

Matters Considered to Act as an Obstacle to the Saṅgha

“Another reason for the lifting of restrictions recited once: On the fifteenth, the day of lifting restrictions, the king may ready the four branches of his armed forces—elephant corps, cavalry, chariot corps, and infantry—and come to the park’s gates, whence he hurls curses, saying, ‘Sirs! Capture the Śākyan ascetics! Kill them! Bind them! Drive them away! May my elephant handlers, horsemen, charioteers, bricklayers,⁸² standard bearers, and battle flag carriers each see that the king’s duties and activities are accomplished!’

“Considering this, the monk who directs the lifting of restrictions might think, ‘Today is the fifteenth, the saṅgha’s lifting of restrictions, and the king, having readied the four branches of his armed forces—elephant corps, cavalry, chariot corps, and infantry—has arrived at the park’s gates, whence he has hurled curses,