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Comm. KT: In reference to “For your teachers” etc., “Going-forth teacher, Acceptance teacher, Dependence teacher, Reciting teacher”: These four are also teachers here. For one who has not completed a Rains, one with six rains has the seniority of a teacher. Likewise, for one with one Rains, one with seven Rains; for one with two Rains, one with eight Rains; for one with three Rains, one with nine Rains; for one with four Rains, one with ten Rains. These also have the seniority of a teacher. And close friends of one’s preceptor, his monastic companions, or anyone who is senior to one by ten Rains: All of these are called those with a preceptor’s seniority.

пали	Idha kho taṃ, bhikkhave, sobhetha, yaṃ tumhe evaṃ svākkhāte dhammavinaye pabbajitā samānā ācariyesu ācariyamattesu upajjhāyesu upajjhāyamattesu agāravā appatissā asabhāgavuttikā [sagāravā saggatissā sabhāgavuttikā (ka.)] vihareyyātha.
I.B. Horner, Bhikkhu Brahmali	“Herein, monks, let your light shine forth so that you who have thus gone forth in this dhamma and discipline which are well taught may be respectful, deferential, courteous towards teachers, grades of teachers, preceptors, grades of preceptors.
Khematto Bhikkhu	“So now let your light shine forth, so that you—who have gone forth in such a well-taught Dhamma & Discipline—will dwell with respect, deference, and courtesy for your teachers and those with a teacher’s seniority, and for your preceptors and those with a preceptor’s seniority.