འདལ་བ་གཞ 3.21

3.21

“Another reason for the lifting of restrictions recited once: A monastery may have been built in a place inhabited by nāgas, and a childish, foolish, ignorant, and unskilled latecomer might scatter or throw his feces, urine, phlegm, snot, or vomit, or leave bedding soiled with semen or filth there. Outraged, the nāgas might then descend upon the village, the way to the village, the walkway, the hall, or the gatehouse, besieging the monks and forcing them to move from their places.

“Considering that, the monk who directs the lifting of restrictions might think, ‘Today is the fifteenth, the saṅgha’s lifting of restrictions, and this monastery has been built in a place inhabited by nāgas. A childish, foolish, ignorant, and unskilled latecomer has scattered or thrown his feces, urine, phlegm, snot, or vomit, or left bedding soiled with semen or filth here. Outraged, the nāgas have descended upon the village, the way to the village, the walkway, the hall, or the gatehouse, besieging the monks and forcing them to move from their places. 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 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: A monastery may be built in a forest, where a fire could break out, burning the town, the city, the capital, and the surroundings,