Dighanikaya 3.280

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Apāyamukhānīti vināsamukhāni. Anabhisambhuṇamānoti asampāpuṇanto, avisahamāno vā. Khārividhamādāyāti ettha khārīti araṇī kamaṇḍalu sujādayo tāpasaparikkhārā. Vidhoti kājo. Tasmā khāribharitaṃ kājamādāyāti attho. Ye pana khārivividhanti paṭhanti, te ‘‘khārīti kājassa nāmaṃ, vividhanti bahukamaṇḍaluādiparikkhāra’’nti vaṇṇayanti. Pavattaphalabhojanoti patitaphalabhojano. Paricārakoti kappiyakaraṇapattapaṭiggahaṇapādadhovanādivattakaraṇavasena paricārako. Kāmañca guṇādhikopi khīṇāsavasāmaṇero puthujjanabhikkhuno vuttanayena paricārako hoti, ayaṃ pana na tādiso guṇavasenapi veyyāvaccakaraṇavasenapi lāmakoyeva.

‘Channels of ruin’ (apāyamukhāni) means openings to destruction. ‘Not attaining’ (anabhisambhuṇamāno) means not reaching, or not being capable of. ‘Taking a pingo and carrying pole’ (khārividhamādāyāti): here, ‘pingo’ (khārī) means the requisites of an ascetic, such as fire-sticks, a water-pot, and ladles; ‘carrying pole’ (vidho) is a shoulder-yoke. Therefore, the meaning is: having taken a carrying pole loaded with pingos. Those, however, who read ‘khārivividhaṃ’ explain it as: ‘“khārī” is the name of a carrying pole, “vividha” means diverse requisites such as many water-pots and so on.’ ‘Eating fallen fruit’ (pavattaphalabhojano) means eating fruit that has dropped down. ‘An attendant’ (paricārako) means an attendant by way of performing duties such as preparing what is allowable, receiving the bowl, washing the feet, and so forth. Even a novice who has destroyed the pollutants, though superior in virtues, may serve an ordinary monk in the manner described, but this one is not like that; he is altogether inferior both by way of virtues and by way of doing menial service.