[114] tena kho pana samayena āyasmato upanandassa sakyaputtassa dve sāmaṇerā honti kaṇṭako ca mahako ca. |
Now at that time Ven. Upananda the Sakyan had two novices, Kaṇṭaka and Mahaka. |
Te aññamaññaṁ dūsesuṁ. |
They committed sodomy with each other. |
bhikkhū ujjhāyanti khīyanti vipācenti kathaṁ hi nāma sāmaṇerā evarūpaṁ anācāraṁ ācarissantīti. |
The monks criticized and complained and spread it about, “How can novices engage in that sort of misbehavior?” |
bhagavato etamatthaṁ ārocesuṁ. |
They reported the matter to the Blessed One. |
na bhikkhave ekena dve sāmaṇerā upaṭṭhāpetabbā yo upaṭṭhāpeyya āpatti dukkaṭassāti. |
“One (monk) should not get two novices to attend to him. Whoever should get them to attend to him: an offense of wrong doing.” |