Greetings all,

Here is the first part of my translation of the Parivaara
Atthakathaa's exposition of the Kammavagga.

KAMMAVAGGAVA.N.NANAA

Explanation of the Chapter on Formal Acts

kammavagge catunna.m kammaana.m naanaakara.na.m
samathakkhandhake vuttameva.

The difference between the four kinds of formal
act in the Kammavagga has already been stated in
the Samathakkhandaka.

ki~ncaapi vutta.m, atha kho aya.m kammavinicchayo
naama aadito pa.t.thaaya vuccamaano paaka.to hoti,
tasmaa aadito pa.t.thaayevettha vattabba.m
vadissaama.

But even though they have already been stated,
nevertheless this analysis of formal acts will be
a clear analysis when it is presented starting
from the beginning. In this treatise, therefore,
we shall state what should be stated starting from
the very beginning.

_cattaarii_ ti kammaana.m
ga.nanaparicchedavacanameta.m.

_cattaari_ [four] is a term that stipulates the
number of formal acts.

_kammaanii_ ti paricchinnakammanidassana.m.

_kammaani_ [formal acts] indicates the formal acts
stipulated [for exposition].

_apalokanakamma.m_ naama siima.t.thakasa`ngha.m
sodhetvaa chandaarahaana.m chanda.m aaharitvaa
samaggassa sa`nghassa anumatiyaa tikkhattu.m
saavetvaa kattabba.m kamma.m.

A formal act that must be carried out by purifying
the sangha located within the siimaa, bringing the
consent of bhikkhus whose consent is required,
and then, with the sangha's collective approval,
reciting [the kammavaacaa] three times is called
_apalokanakamma.m_ [formal act of giving notice].

_~nattikamma.m_ naama vuttanayeneva samaggassa
sa`nghassa anumatiyaa ekaaya ~nattiyaa kattabba.m
kamma.m.

A formal act that must be carried out just as in
the method related above, but with only a single
motion, with the sangha's collective approval, is
called _~nattikamma.m_ [a formal act at which a
motion is put].

[to be continued]

Best wishes,

Dhammanando