Bhikkhūnaṃ vuṭṭhavassānaṃ, kathinatthāramabravi;
Pañcannaṃ ānisaṃsānaṃ, kāraṇā munipuṅgavo.
Na ullikhitamattādi-catuvīsativajjitaṃ;
Cīvaraṃ bhikkhunādāya, uddharitvā purāṇakaṃ.
Navaṃ adhiṭṭhahitvāva, vattabbaṃ vacasā puna;
‘‘Imināntaravāsena, kathinaṃ attharāmi’’ti.
Vutte tikkhattumiccevaṃ, kathinaṃ hoti atthataṃ;
Saṅghaṃ panupasaṅkamma, ādāya kathinaṃ iti.
‘‘Atthataṃ kathinaṃ bhante, saṅghassa anumodatha;
Dhammiko kathinatthāro’’, vattabbaṃ tena bhikkhunā.
‘‘Suatthataṃ tayā bhante, saṅghassa kathinaṃ puna;
Dhammiko kathinatthāro, anumodāmi’’tīraye.
Kathinassa ca kiṃ mūlaṃ, kiṃ vatthu kā ca bhūmiyo;
Katidhammavido bhikkhu, kathinatthāramarahati.
Mūlamekaṃ, siyā vatthu, tividhaṃ, bhūmiyo cha ca;
Aṭṭhadhammavido bhikkhu, kathinatthāramarahati.
Saṅgho mūlanti niddiṭṭhaṃ, vatthu hoti ticīvaraṃ;
Khomādīni cha vuttāni, cīvarāni cha bhūmiyo.
Pubbapaccuddharādhiṭṭhā-natthāro mātikāpi ca;
Palibodho ca uddhāro, ānisaṃsā panaṭṭhime.
Dhovanañca vicāro ca, chedanaṃ bandhanampi ca;
Sibbanaṃ rajanaṃ kappaṃ, ‘‘pubbakicca’’nti vuccati.
Saṅghāṭi uttarāsaṅgo, atho antaravāsako;
Paccuddhāro adhiṭṭhānaṃ, atthāropesameva tu.
Pakkamanañca niṭṭhānaṃ, sanniṭṭhānañca nāsanaṃ;
Savanāsā ca sīmā ca, sahubbhāroti aṭṭhimā.
Katacīvaramādāya, āvāse nirapekkhako;
Atikkantāya sīmāya, hoti pakkamanantikā.
Ānisaṃsamathādāya, vihāre anapekkhako;
Gantvā pana vihāraṃ so, aññaṃ sukhavihārikaṃ.
Tattha taṃ viharantova, karoti yadi cīvaraṃ;
Niṭṭhite cīvare tasmiṃ, niṭṭhānantāti vuccati.
‘‘Cīvaraṃ na karissāmi, na paccessaṃ tamassamaṃ’’;
Evaṃ tu dhuranikkhepe, sanniṭṭhānantikā matā.
Kathinacchādanaṃ laddhā, ‘‘na paccessa’’nti ce gato;
Karontasseva naṭṭhaṃ vā, daḍḍhaṃ vā nāsanantikā.
Laddhānisaṃso sāpekkho, bahisīmaṃ gato pana;
Suṇāti cantarubbhāraṃ, sā hoti savanantikā.
Cīvarāsāya pakkanto, bahisīmaṃ gato pana;
‘‘Dassāmi cīvaraṃ tuyhaṃ’’, vutto savati kenaci.
Puna vutte ‘‘na sakkomi, dātunti tava cīvaraṃ’’;
Āsāya chinnamattāya, āsāvacchedikā matā.
Vassaṃvuṭṭhavihāramhā, vihāraññaṃ gato siyā;
Āgacchaṃ antarāmagge, taduddhāramatikkame.
Tassa so kathinuddhāro, sīmātikkantiko mato;
Kathinānisaṃsamādāya, sāpekkhova sace gato.
Sambhuṇāti punāgantvā, kathinuddhārameva ce;
Tassa so kathinuddhāro, ‘‘sahubbhāro’’ti vuccati.
Pakkamanañca niṭṭhānaṃ, sanniṭṭhānañca sīmato;
Cattāro puggalādhīnā, saṅghādhīnantarubbharo.
Nāsanaṃ savanañceva, āsāvacchedikāpi ca;
Tayopi kathinubbhārā, na tu saṅghā, na bhikkhuto.
Āvāsapalibodho ca, palibodho ca cīvare;
Palibodhā duve vuttā, yuttamuttatthavādinā.
Aṭṭhannaṃ mātikānaṃ vā, antarubbhāratopi vā;
Ubbhārāpi duve vuttā, kathinassa mahesinā.
Anāmantāsamādānaṃ, gaṇato yāvadatthikaṃ;
Tattha yo cīvaruppādo, ānisaṃsā ca pañcime.
Kathinakkhandhakakathā.