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should come." "When they are thus assembled, the boundary should be bound" is the connection. "Having made the lower limit" means having made the lower limit. "Of going forth, full ordination, etc." Here, referring to the asking about the bowl and robe (Mahāva. Aṭṭha. 98; Vi. Saṅga. Aṭṭha. 144), the taking of going forth is mentioned. "Fragmented boundary" means a boundary that proceeds as if fragmented, as if cut off, at the edge of the monastery, is a fragmented boundary. "That" means the fragmented boundary. "Should know the practice" Here, explaining the practice, he says, "If indeed," etc. "Boundary" means the fragmented boundary. "How" means in what manner it is being bound, is the connection. Showing its measure, he says, "That," etc. "That" means the fragmented boundary. Referring to twenty monks who are worthy of the act, along with the act of rehabilitation, it is said, "twenty-one monks." "From there" means from the twenty-one monks. "Even if they take" Here, the particle "pi" indicates that it is even more so below a thousand. Even if they take more than a thousand, if the edge of the monastery is fragmented, it is called a fragmented boundary. "That" means the fragmented boundary. "There" means in the fragmented boundary and the great boundary, the ground is the support. "Then" means after that. "Thus" means with this act-recitation of non-separation, When being carried. 'Hi' indicates the result. 'Sīma' means a boundary for common residence. "They will not be able" means they will not be able to remove the boundary without first removing the non-separation. "Boundary-interval stones" are stones placed in the middle, between two boundaries. "Even four finger-breadths in measure" - the word 'pi' (even) shows that even one finger-breadth in measure is acceptable. "All around" means all around the broken boundary. "By those going around" is connected with "by monks going around the broken boundary in order." "Therefore," by those boundary-interval stones, after first proclaiming the marks of the two boundaries, he said "if indeed..." and so on, showing that whichever of them they wish, that should be bound. Although it is permissible to bind as one wishes, it was said "even so..." and so on, to show the ancient custom. "Of both" is connected with "the act of both those standing in the two boundaries." 'Hi' means indeed, or because. The word 'ca' indicates the beginning of a sentence. "This is called a boundary" is the construction. "There" means in the five places such as the back-stone. "The boundary-stones do not stand in their proper place" - this refers to merely placing a boundary-stone on top of a back-stone. But having pierced the back-stone and embedded the boundary-stone there, they place it so that it does not move from its place. This being the case, it should be understood that they do indeed stand in their proper place. "Not a boundary" - because the water that supports the earth of the boundary has gone to its limit, the boundary does not burn. "Even in a hut-house" - here, 'kuṭī' (hut) and 'geha' (house) are both names for a dwelling. A dwelling is called a 'kuṭigeha' because it cuts off and severs the suffering of cold, etc., and because it takes in various goods and provisions. A hut is indeed a house, a hut-house; even in that. "Without proclaiming the wall" - this was said with reference to a wall made of bricks or wood. If a stone wall were suitable as a mark, the wall should also be proclaimed. "Having made it inside" means having made it inside the wall of the hut-house. "In the porch" means in the veranda of the hut-house. The dripping of water from the eaves. At the place where water having flowed out, falls. This is how the boundary is approved, is the connection. "Without marking the wall" - this should be understood in the same way as before. "Inside" means inside the cave, or inside the wall. "Space" means space for twenty-one bhikkhus. "Thus" means when it is approved in this manner. "Inside" means inside the wall. "It does not descend below" means it does not descend below because it is an open space below. But should it not descend along the pillars? Why does it not descend? It should be understood that there is no space for twenty-one bhikkhus above the pillars. Showing the manner of descending below, it says "but if..." and so on. "Of the crossbeams" means of the special timbers placed horizontally above the pillars. "Having risen" means having risen from the ground. "By the crossbeam timbers" means by the timbers called crossbeams. By "single connection," it shows that not only are the crossbeam timbers connected, but also the four walls in the four directions are connected to each other. "It descends below" is said because there is sufficient space for twenty-one bhikkhus above the walls. "If at the top of the pillar... etc.... it is" - by this, it shows that if there is space for twenty-one bhikkhus at the top of each pillar of a palace made with many pillars, it descends below. "In projections, etc." means in elephant-tusk-like projections, etc. By the word "etc.", it includes wall-pegs and so on. "And the wall" means also a wall made of bricks and wood. If there are stone walls and pillars, they should be marked. "Attached to the wall" means attached to the walls, or at the place where they are attached to the walls. "Of the lower palace" is connected to the word "situated" in the lower palace. Or it is connected to "pillars of the lower palace." Showing the manner of ascending above a boundary approved below, it says "but if..." and so on. "At the place where water drips" means at the edge of the roof. "There" means on that level. It is connected as "they bind the boundary as if on the back of a rock." "By that very demarcation" means by that very demarcation of the level. "Even on Tālamūla mountain" - here, Tālamūla is the name of... Below, it is large, and gradually becomes thin, like mountains of that kind. "Canopy-shaped" means shaped like a ceiling. It is shaped like a tree with branches extending in the four directions, or like a dwarf tree. Just as a mountain is canopy-shaped, so it can be drum-shaped or tabor-shaped, is the connection. There, a drum is thick in the middle, and thin at the base and ends. A tabor is thin in the middle, and thick at the base and top. Their shape is drum-shaped or tabor-shaped. "Below" means below a drum-shaped mountain. "In the middle" means in the middle of a tabor-shaped one. "Two peaks" means two summits. "Between the peaks" means the space between the peaks. "Having built" means having built with bricks and stones. "Having filled" means having filled with earth and sand. "Like a snake's hood" means like a snake's hood, meaning a dwarf mountain. "Sky-cliff" means a cliff that is not enclosed by a wall, which is called sky. "Boundary-sized" means boundary-sized, including the inner hollow. "Foremost point" means the point called foremost. "If there is an inner cave below the mountain," is the connection. "Of the upper one" means of that which is above the inner cave. "From the outside" means from the outside. "Of it" means outside the mountain, is the connection. "From the inside" means from the inside. "There is a cave," is the connection. "How large?" it says, "extending beyond the boundary limit." "How small?" it says, "the size of the very last boundary." That is a small cave. "Too small" means too small because it lacks the size of the very last boundary. "From there" means from the upper boundary. "Outside" means outside the boundary. "If it is boundary-sized, it is indeed a boundary," by this, it shows that if it is not boundary-sized, it is not indeed a boundary. That is a broken boundary. "Having filled" means having filled with bricks, earth, etc. "Having built a platform" means having built a watchtower. In "Umaṅganadī," the 'u' is opposite to 'o', therefore, entering and penetrating the earth, it goes... "Acchati" means "umaṅga," this meaning should be understood. And that river is "umaṅga," thus "umaṅganadī." "There" means in the Umaṅga river. "Standing on the ground below" means standing on the ground below the boundary by psychic power. "In the boundary pavilion" means in the pavilion of the partial boundary. "Vaṭarukkha" means a banyan tree. "From there" means from the banyan tree. "Niggatapāroha" means a root that grows, by which the tree ascends as if growing; it is a type of root. "Niggatapāroha" means an emitted root. "Having purified the great boundary" - here, purification means bringing the monks within the great boundary into arm's reach, or removing them from the boundary. "Outside" means outside both boundaries. "Bahiṭṭhā" is also a reading. The meaning is, it should be made to stand outside. "Without touching" means without touching the ground of the great boundary or the trees etc. growing there. "Thus" means just as with the partial boundary, so it is. "In the boundary pavilion" means in the pavilion of the partial boundary. "In the boundary pavilion" means in the courtyard of the two boundaries. "Of the boundary pavilion" means of the boundary pavilion, the place where the act is done. "By the branch standing in the air" means by the branch that has risen and stands in the air in the boundary pavilion, where the act is not done. "Of him" means the monk's feet or his lower and upper robes, this is the connection. "Even in the former method" means even in the former method stated, beginning with "if there is a banyan tree in the boundary pavilion." "There" means in the former method. "It is not proper to do it by lifting it up" means it is not proper to do it by lifting up, because a branch of a tree that has risen from the two boundaries, or a root emitted from it, or the ground of the two boundaries, or trees etc. growing there, are touching. "Should be brought" - here, since the secondary object of the verb "nī" (to lead/bring) which takes two objects is mentioned,