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Comm. KT: “He should lay it out as it was laid out.” However it was laid out before, that’s how he should lay it out. It’s for this purpose that the previous duty is laid down: “Having taken note of where the ground-covering was laid out, he should take it out and lay it to one side.” But if it was originally laid out unthinkingly, in any old way, then he should lay it out, separating it from the wall by a distance of two or three fingerbreadths all around. If it’s a reed mat, and too large, he should cut it, fold back the edges and bind them, and then lay it out. If he doesn’t know how to fold back the edges and bind it, he shouldn’t cut it.

пали	"Bhūmattharaṇaṃ otāpetvā sodhetvā papphoṭetvā atiharitvā yathāpaññattaṃ paññapetabbaṃ.
Khematto Bhikkhu	“Having dried the ground-covering in the sun, he should clean it, shake it out, bring it back in, and lay it out as it was laid out (before).