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Having stayed ten nights, the one on probation would be freed. 947. Pārājika offenses are just eight, grave ones indeed twenty-three; Just two Aniyata offenses were stated by the Buddha, kinsman of the sun. 948. Nissaggiya offenses stated are indeed forty-two; All Pācittiya offenses are indeed one hundred eighty-eight. 949. Pāṭidesaniya offenses stated are just twelve by the Great Seer; Indeed, seventy-five Sekhiya rules were stated by the well-trained one. 950. Prescribed by the wise Gotama, the glorious; All of them indeed are two hundred and fifty. 951. Whatever indeed should be said among these; The essential determination; That has been entirely said by me; Concise indeed, in every way. 952. Having well considered the method of the Pāli and commentaries by me; Because it was done, this should be learned with reverence. 953. In the meaning or in the wording, or in the sequence of understanding; Therefore, doubt should not be made, great respect should be made. 954. Whoever knows it with its explanation; The determination of the Vinaya; He, having been freed from dependence; May be one who goes wherever he wishes. 955. By one wishing to give dependence, with its analysis and summary; Having well committed it to memory, having known it, this should be given. 956. This one reads, ponders, hears, questions thoroughly; And always causes others to recite, examines the meaning closely. 957. Whoever indeed that monk's benefit... residing in the Vinaya, All attend, like a myrobalan fruit in the hand. 958. This supreme, excellent, man, the ocean of deathlessness, the autumn of ignorant people, may be a master of the Vinaya, a master. 959. Therefore, always this supreme darkness dispelling, one should learn the beneficial, wholesome qualities; for a man, diligently delighted in the fullness, is the state that grants all happiness. 960. In the Vinaya, which makes one skillful, supreme, by one desiring proficiency in the Piṭaka, by a skillful, diligent monk, this should always be learned. Conclusion 961. Composed by Buddhādatta, with a pure mind, intelligent, desiring the long endurance of the Teaching of the Great Sage. 962. Without hindrance, as it has attained success, in meaning and in text, this is supreme, unsurpassed. 963. Thus may the aspirations of beings, connected with Dhamma, succeed; May the king protect the earth rightly, may the god rain in due season. 964. As long as the king of mountains stands, as long as the moon shines, so long may the True Dhamma endure, of Gotama, the Great Sage. 965. Patience, gentleness, virtue, wisdom, faith, compassion, and others; qualities are established in it, like jewels in the ocean. 966. By him, endowed with Vinaya conduct, diligently and respectfully, requested by Saṅghapāla, a thera with a firm mind. 967. Desiring the long endurance of the Vinaya of the Great Sage, for the proficiency of monks in the determination of the Vinaya. 968. I made this supreme one, named Uttara; having listened attentively, this should therefore be learned. 969. Nine hundred gāthās, with fifty added, is the count of this Uttara, in the Anuṭṭhubh meter. 970. Four thousand gāthās, and one hundred minus nineteen, this is stated as the measure of the Determination of the Vinaya. Thus, by the resident of Tambapaṇṇi, the supreme grammarian, skilled in the methods of the Tipiṭaka, the one who causes the lotus-forest of the hearts of supreme poets to blossom, the chief of excellent poets, the one who utters supremely delightful and sweet words, from Uragapura. The Uttaravinicchaya composed by Buddhadatta is completed. The Uttaravinicchaya is finished.