(Mv.II.31.1) [194] “Monks, there is the case where, in a certain residence, on the day of the Uposatha, several resident monks gather — four or more.

“They know that there are other resident monks who haven’t come.

“(Thinking,) ‘It’s certainly allowable for us to perform the Uposatha. It’s not unallowable,’ but affected by anxiety, they perform the Uposatha; they recite the Pāṭimokkha.[2]

“As the Pāṭimokkha is being recited by them, a greater number of other resident monks comes.

“The monks should recite the Pāṭimokkha again.

“There is an offense of wrong doing for those reciting. …

(Mv.II.31.2) “an equal number of other resident monks comes. …

“smaller.

“What has been recited is well-recited. They should listen to the remainder.

“There is an offense of wrong doing for those reciting.

“Monks, there is the case where, in a certain residence, on the day of the Uposatha, several resident monks gather — four or more.

“They know that there are other resident monks who haven’t come.

“(Thinking,) ‘It’s certainly allowable for us to perform the Uposatha. It’s not unallowable,’ but affected by anxiety, they perform the Uposatha; they recite the Pāṭimokkha.

“When the Pāṭimokkha has just been recited by them …

“the assembly hasn’t gotten up …

“some of the assembly has gotten up …

“all of the assembly has gotten up, a greater number of other resident monks comes.

“The monks should recite the Pāṭimokkha again.

“There is an offense of wrong doing for those reciting. …

“an equal number of other resident monks comes. …

“smaller.

“What has been recited is well-recited. The (arriving monks) should declare purity in their presence.

“There is an offense of wrong doing for those reciting.”

The Set of Fifteen Done Affected by Anxiety is finished.