律戒本疏 1.47

1.47

二十六十日未至自恣得急施衣　有二因緣。有一商人。為安居故施一處僧物。竟不安居分物而去。商人後還甚大怪恨。二波斯匿王有一大將。受命將征。急事宜施。以此二緣有聽有遮。合而成戒。急施人有八種。若王夫人太子大臣大將病人女將出門。若畏怨賊。若十日未至自恣。八種人以急事施衣。手自分與得受。以十日竟便入功德衣。中時攝故。若通施不別眾共受。以自恣竟分。又十日前凡施物一切不分。以妨亂故。恐眾散故。十日前施主自分施受已淨施。又得急施衣而無功德衣得一月畜。一月畜已應淨捨。若無急捨一月後。又得十日。若有急施功德衣竟。長衣不得十日畜。以前得十日故。若前九日得急施衣。後得一日。如是前得八日能至二日。計後前取之。若前無急施衣。後令得十日也。

Twenty-six: Receiving urgent robe-offerings up to ten days before the pavāraṇā. There were two circumstances. First, there was a merchant who, for the sake of the rains retreat, offered goods to the saṃgha of a certain place; yet before the retreat was completed, they divided the goods and left. The merchant later returned and was exceedingly surprised and resentful. Second, King Prasenajit had a great general who received orders to go on a campaign; it was an urgent matter suitable for offering. Based on these two circumstances, there were permissions and prohibitions, which combined to form the precept. There are eight kinds of people who make urgent offerings: a king, a queen, a crown prince, a chief minister, a great general, a sick person, a woman about to be married off, or someone fearing enemies or robbers. If it is within ten days before the pavāraṇā, and these eight kinds of people make robe-offerings on account of an urgent matter, one may accept them if they distribute them with their own hands. Since once the ten days are completed, one enters the kathina robe [period], it is included within the proper time. If it is a general offering not made to individuals, the assembly receives it together, and it is distributed once the pavāraṇā is completed. Furthermore, before the ten days, none of the offered goods are to be distributed at all, lest it cause disorder or out of fear that the assembly might disperse. Prior to the ten days, the donors distribute the offerings themselves; after receiving them, one assigns them (vikalpanā). Furthermore, if one receives urgent robe-offerings and there is no kathina robe, one may keep them for one month; having kept them for one month, one should assign (vikalpanā) and forfeit them. If there is no urgent forfeiture, after one month one also gets ten days. If there are urgent offerings and the kathina robe is completed, extra robes may not be kept for ten days, because one already received ten days previously. If one received urgent robe-offerings nine days before, afterward one gets one day; similarly, if eight days before, one can get two days—calculating the later based on the earlier. If there were no urgent robe-offerings previously, afterward one is granted ten days.