四分戒本疏卷第一．第二．第三 3.120

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若比丘與比丘比丘尼式叉摩那沙彌沙彌尼衣還取著者波逸提　滿足戒本文有三句。一犯人。二作淨施法。三輒取結罪。辨相中初句可知。二言與衣者。律云。淨施有二。一真實。二展轉。展轉者長衣戒說。三言波逸提者。是輒取違犯句。故律云。若作真實淨實淨施應問。主然。後取著。不爾者犯提。然此淨主文通五眾。人解不定。有說此是用戒通僧尼二眾合說。豈有比丘從尼取衣也。各對同類僧二尼三作法。又說依文通五眾為主。任心所樂　問。沙彌邊作淨受已云何　答。稱無歲比丘　問。幾物應說淨　答。謂衣藥鉢寶等　問。衣物尺量如何　答。衣尺六八寸。故律云。長如來八指。廣四指是。若互及全咸並悉不說無罪。鉢量可知。藥無其量。謂取七日加口法者餘悉非也。寶無多少。但金銀錢　問。幾種人開心念說淨　答。十律開五種人。作七種心念法。律云。不犯者。若真實施語主取。展轉者隨意取。

"If a bhikṣu gives a robe to a bhikṣu, bhikṣuṇī, śikṣamāṇā, śrāmaṇera, or śrāmaṇerī, and then takes it back and wears it [without asking], it is a prāyaścittika." The complete text of the precept has three clauses: 1. The person committing the offense. 2. Performing the procedure of permissible bestowal. 3. Arbitrarily taking it, which incurs the offense. In distinguishing the characteristics, the first clause is clear. The second, "gives a robe": the Vinaya states that permissible bestowal is of two kinds, the first being genuine and the second being delegated. The delegated kind is explained under the precept on extra robes. The third, "prāyaścittika": this is the clause setting down the offense for arbitrary taking. Thus the Vinaya states: If one performs a genuine permissible bestowal, one must ask the owner and only then take and wear it; if not, one commits a prāyaścittika. However, the text for this recipient of the bestowal applies to the five assemblies, and people interpret it inconsistently. Some say that this applies the precept across both the monks' and nuns' assemblies together; how could a bhikṣu take a robe from a nun? Each performs the procedure facing their own kind—monks to two, nuns to three. Others say that according to the text it extends to all five assemblies as recipients, according to whatever one pleases. Question: When one performs permissible bestowal before a śrāmaṇera, what should one call him after receiving it? Answer: Address him as a bhikṣu without monastic seniority. Question: How many objects should be declared for permissible bestowal? Answer: Robes, medicines, bowls, treasures, and so forth. Question: What are the measurements for robes? Answer: A robe measuring six to eight inches. Thus the Vinaya states: eight Buddha-fingerbreadths in length and four fingerbreadths in width. If it is less than this or a whole uncut piece, not declaring them is without offense. The measure of bowls is already known. For medicines there is no set measure, referring to those taken under the seven-day ingestion rule, whereas all others are not so. For treasures there is no amount; it refers only to gold, silver, and coins. Question: For how many kinds of persons is it permitted to perform the declaration of permissible bestowal by mental resolve? Answer: The Sarvāstivāda Vinaya permits five kinds of persons to perform seven kinds of mental resolve procedures. The Vinaya states that it is not an offense: if it was a genuine bestowal, one asks the owner and takes it; if it was delegated, one takes it as one pleases.