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So ce bhikkhūnaṃ santike dūtaṃ pahiṇeyya – "ahañhi gilāno, āgacchantu bhikkhū, icchāmi bhikkhūnaṃ āgata"nti, gantabbaṃ, bhikkhave, sattāhakaraṇīyena, appahitepi, pageva pahite – "gilānabhattaṃ vā pariyesissāmi, gilānupaṭṭhākabhattaṃ vā pariyesissāmi, gilānabhesajjaṃ vā pariyesissāmi, pucchissāmi vā, upaṭṭhahissāmi vā"ti.
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“If he should send a messenger to the presence of the monks, (saying,) ‘Because I am sick, may the monks come. I want monks to come,’ “one may go on seven-day business even if not sent for, all the more if sent for, thinking, ‘I will look for a meal for the sick one or a meal for the one attending the sick or medicine for the sick; I will ask (after his health) or will tend to him.’
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