四分戒本疏卷第一．第二．第三 2.96

2.96

"If, when the three months of the summer are completed, the following month of Kārttika is full, a bhikṣu stays in an araṇya where there are doubts and perils; the bhikṣu staying in such a place desires, among the three robes, to leave one or another robe placed inside a village house; if the bhikṣu has cause to spend the night apart from the robe, up to six nights [is permissible]; if he exceeds this, it is a niḥsargika-prāyaścittika." / In this full text of the precept there are five phrases. First is the offender. Second clarifies the non-proper time season, distinguishing it from the proper time season where there is no offense. Third, from "stays in an araṇya" onward, is having an extremely fearful place. Fourth, from "in such a place" onward, permits placing [the robe] inside a house, gathering with it once every six nights. Fifth, from "if he exceeds" onward, concludes the offense. / In the detailed explanation, the first phrase, stating "if a bhikṣu," its meaning is as explained above. The second, stating "when the three months of the summer are completed, the following month of Kārttika is full," clarifies the non-proper time season; thus the Vinaya states: it is after the middle of the eighth month. The third, stating "if in an araṇya where there are doubts and perils," is an extremely fearful place; thus the Vinaya states: "doubts" means suspecting robbers and thieves; "perilous place" means there are terrifying robbers and thieves within it. The fourth, stating "the bhikṣu staying in such a place desires, among the three robes, to leave one or another robe placed inside a village house; up to six nights," clarifies the allowance for the limit of being separated from the robe; thus the Vinaya states: if there is cause to spend the night apart from the robe, it is permissible up to six nights; when reaching the seventh night, before the break of dawn, he should gather with the robe. Furthermore, the *Vibhāṣā* states: if one is ill and obtains the saṃgha's karmavācanā, there is also no fault. / Question: Why are external perils strictly granted six nights, whereas for internal causes, simply performing a karmavācanā is not restricted by a day limit? / Answer: Whether external perils advance or not cannot be known beforehand; hence one must strictly set [a limit of] six [nights]. As to whether an internal illness resolves or not, the principle is easily known; hence recovery from the illness is made the term, and there is no need to fix a limit. / If so, with the seven-day medicine, recovery or non-recovery should also be easily known; why is seven strictly stated? / Answer: The efficacy of the medicine has curative efficacy within seven days; relying on the potency of the medicine, seven days are strictly set, as spoken in the *Mahāsāṃghika Vinaya*. / It also says: depositing [the robe] in a suspicious layperson's house. The *Mahīśāsaka Vinaya* states: of the upper two robes, whichever is heavier, one is permitted to deposit one robe; one may not deposit the lower robe. Because it accompanies the body, when paying homage, entering a monastery, or begging for food, one must not wear only a single [robe]; one is only permitted to deposit one robe. The *Samantapāsādikā* states: if the defenses are secure and dense, there is no need to deposit the robe; if not, one is permitted to deposit it. Every six nights one visits and inspects the robe, and having seen it, returns to the araṇya location. / The fifth, stating "if he exceeds this, it is a niḥsargika-prāyaścittika," is the text concluding the offense for exceeding the limit. The permissions are as explained earlier in the precept on being separated from the robe. / Regarding non-offenses, the Vinaya states: having deposited it for six nights, when reaching the seventh night before the break of dawn, if he arrives at the location of the robe, or if he relinquishes the robe, or if [there arise] the four notions such as being seized, or if the road is perilous and impassable, so that he does not relinquish it and does not reach the location of the robe—in all such cases there is no offense.