Sutra 23
Devanagari script
उदपात्राण्यपि निष्किंचना विभजेरनित्याचार्याः ॥ कZ_०३.५.२३ ॥
Transliteration
udapātrāṇy api niṣkiṃcanā vibhajer anityācāryāḥ
Translation
ပစ္စည်းမရှိသူများ (ဘုန်းတော်ကြီး/တပသီ) အကြားတွင် ရေခွက်ရေခွံကဲ့သို့သော ရေထည့်အိုးများတောင် ခွဲဝေရမည်။ စည်းကမ်းမတည်ငြိမ်သော (လှည့်လည်/မမှန်ကန်သော) တပသီများကိုလည်း ထိုကဲ့သို့ ခွဲဝေခြင်းအောက်တွင် ထားရမည်။
Word by Word
उदपात्राणिwater-vessels; small household vessels (even such items)
उदपात्राणि:
TypeNoun
Rootउदक + पात्र
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया बहुवचन; (उदकस्य पात्रम्)
अपिeven; also
अपि:
TypeParticle
Rootअपि
Formनिपात; समुच्चय/अपेक्षा/अतिशयार्थे—‘even/also’
निष्किंचनाःthe destitute; those having nothing
निष्किंचनाः:
TypeNoun (adjectival)
Rootनिष्किञ्चन
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (विभजेरन् इत्यस्य कर्तृ)
विभजेरन्should distribute; should apportion
विभजेरन्:
TypeVerb
Rootवि + भज्
Formलिङ् (विधिलिङ्); परस्मैपदम्; प्रथमपुरुष; बहुवचन; विध्यर्थ—‘should distribute/should apportion’
अनित्याचार्याःtemporary (non-permanent) teachers
अनित्याचार्याः:
TypeNoun
Rootअनित्य + आचार्य
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचन; कर्तृपद; ‘अनित्याः आचार्याः’
Entities Mentioned
A
ascetics (niṣkiṃcana)I
irregular ascetics (anityācārya)M
minimal property items (water vessels)FAQs
To signal that administrators must address disputes even over minimal property; small items can still trigger conflict.
The text adopts a governance-realistic view: not all renunciants are uniformly disciplined, so rules must anticipate and manage disputes.