འདལ་བ་གཞ 3.17

3.17

saying, “Sirs! Capture the Śākyan ascetics! Kill them! Bind them! Drive them away! May my elephant handlers, horsemen, charioteers, bricklayers, standard bearers, and battle flag carriers each see that the king’s duties and activities are accomplished!” If I direct the lifting of restrictions by reciting the lifting of restrictions three times, it will become a hindrance to my life, my ascetic way, and my holy living! Oh dear! 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.

“Another reason for the lifting of restrictions recited once: On the fifteenth, the day of lifting restrictions, bandits may, having ransacked a town, a city, or the countryside,⁸³ arrive at the park’s gates, slaughter a bull, a buffalo, or goats, and smear their limbs with blood before sending the monks a messenger who says, ‘Noble ones! Get out! We must camp here.’

“Considering this, the monk who directs the lifting of restrictions might think,⁸⁴ ‘Today is the fifteenth, the saṅgha’s lifting of restrictions, and bandits, having ransacked a town, a city, or the countryside, have arrived at the park’s gates, slaughtered a bull, a buffalo, or goats, and smeared their limbs with blood before sending the monks a messenger who said, “Noble ones! Get out! We must camp here.” If I direct the lifting of restrictions by reciting the lifting of restrictions three times, it will become a hindrance to my life, my ascetic way, and my holy living! I should