Viyahapannatti 8.8.413

8.8.413

kativihe ṇaṃ bhaṃte! vavahāre pannatte?
goyamā! paṃcavihe vavahāre pannatte, taṃ jahā–āgame, sutaṃ, āṇā, dhāraṇā, jīe|
jahā se tattha āgame siyā āgameṇaṃ vavahāraṃ paṭṭhavejjā|
no ya se tattha āgame siyā, jahā se tattha sue siyā, sueṇaṃ vavahāraṃ paṭṭhavejjā|
no ya se tattha sue siyā, jahā se tattha āṇā siyā, āṇāe vavahāraṃ paṭṭhavejjā|
no ya se tattha āṇā siyā, jahā se tattha dhāraṇā siyā, dhāraṇāe vavahāra paṭṭhavejjā|
no ya se tattha dhāraṇā siyā, jahā se tattha jīe siyā, jīeṇaṃ vavahāraṃ paṭṭhavejjā|
icceehiṃ paṃcahiṃ vavahāraṃ paṭṭhavejjā, taṃ jahā–āgameṇaṃ, sueṇaṃ āṇāe, dhāraṇāe, jīeṇaṃ|
jahā-jahā se āgame sue āṇā dhāraṇā jīe tahā-tahā vavahāraṃ paṭṭhavejjā|
se kimāhu bhaṃte! āgamabaliyā samaṇā niggaṃthā?
iccetaṃ paṃcavihaṃ vavahāraṃ jadā-jadā jahiṃ-jahiṃ tadā-tadā tahiṃ-tahiṃ anissiovassitaṃ sammaṃ vavaharamāṇe samaṇe niggaṃthe āṇāe ārāhae bhavai|

"How many kinds of judicial procedure, Venerable Sir, are taught?"
"Gautama, five kinds of judicial procedure are taught, namely: canon, scripture, command, precedent retention, and custom.
If there is canon there, one should determine the judicial procedure by the canon.
And if there is no canon there, but if there is scripture there, one should determine the judicial procedure by the scripture.
And if there is no scripture there, but if there is command there, one should determine the judicial procedure by the command.
And if there is no command there, but if there is precedent retention there, one should determine the judicial procedure by the precedent retention.
And if there is no precedent retention there, but if there is custom there, one should determine the judicial procedure by the custom.
One should determine the judicial procedure by these five, namely: by the canon, by the scripture, by the command, by the precedent retention, and by the custom.
Just as the canon, scripture, command, precedent retention, and custom are, so one should determine the judicial procedure.
Why do they say this, Venerable Sir: 'Śramaṇa Nirgranthas are reliant on the canon'?"
"Practicing this fivefold judicial procedure properly—whenever and wherever, then and there—unattached and free from bias, the Śramaṇa Nirgrantha becomes a fulfiller of the command."