(Mv.I.77.1) [143] The shadow (time of day) should be measured at once. The amount (of time remaining in) the season should be told. The portion of days[1] should be told. The rehearsal should be told. The four supports should be told:[2] [3]

“Going-Forth has alms-food as its support. For the rest of your life you are to endeavor at that.

“The extra allowances are: a meal for the Saṅgha, a meal for a specific number of monks, a meal for monks invited by name, a meal given by tickets, a meal given fortnightly, a meal on the Uposatha day, a meal on the day after the Uposatha.

“Going-Forth has rag-robes as its support. For the rest of your life you are to endeavor at that.

“The extra allowances are: (robes made of) linen, cotton, silk, wool, jute, hemp.

“Going-Forth has dwelling at the foot of a tree as its support. For the rest of your life you are to endeavor at that.

“The extra allowances are: a dwelling, a barrel-vaulted building, a multi-storied building, a gabled building, a cell.

“Going-Forth has fermented urine medicine as its support. For the rest of your life you are to endeavor at that.

“The extra allowances are: ghee, fresh butter, oil, honey, sugar.”

The (section on the) Four Supports is finished.