[504] "Bhikkhus should be brought to point out the site" means: that bhikkhu who is to build the hut, having cleared the hut site, should approach the Saṅgha, arrange his upper robe over one shoulder, pay homage at the feet of the senior bhikkhus, sit down squatting on his heels, raise his joined palms, and should be told to speak thus: "Venerable sirs, I wish to build a hut by my own begging (saññācikāya)¹, having no sponsor, intended for myself. Venerable sirs, I ask the Saṅgha for the inspection of the hut² site." He should ask a second time; he should ask a third time.³
If the whole Saṅgha is able to inspect the hut site, it should be inspected by the whole Saṅgha. If the whole Saṅgha is not able to inspect the hut site, then those bhikkhus there who are experienced and competent to know what site involves harm (sārambha) and what is without harm, what has space around it (saparikkamana) and what has no space around it — they, having been asked, should be appointed. And thus, bhikkhus, should they be appointed: the Saṅgha should be informed by an experienced, competent bhikkhu:
"Venerable sirs, let the Saṅgha hear me. This bhikkhu named so-and-so wishes to build a hut by his own begging, having no sponsor, intended for himself. He asks the Saṅgha for the inspection of the hut site. If it is the right time for the Saṅgha, the Saṅgha should appoint the bhikkhus named so-and-so and so-and-so to inspect the hut site for the bhikkhu named so-and-so. This is the motion (ñatti).
"Venerable sirs, let the Saṅgha hear me. This bhikkhu named so-and-so wishes to build a hut by his own begging, having no sponsor, intended for himself. He asks the Saṅgha for the inspection of the hut site. The Saṅgha appoints the bhikkhus named so-and-so and so-and-so to inspect the hut site for the bhikkhu named so-and-so. Whichever venerable one approves of the appointment of the bhikkhus named so-and-so and so-and-so to inspect the hut site for the bhikkhu named so-and-so, let him remain silent; whoever does not approve, let him speak.
"The bhikkhus named so-and-so and so-and-so have been appointed by the Saṅgha to inspect the hut site for the bhikkhu named so-and-so. The Saṅgha approves; therefore it is silent. Thus do I hold it."
¹ Yu. reads saṃyācikāya.
² Yu. reads kuṭiṃ.
³ "He should ask a second time" — the plural form (yācitabbā) is used with reference to the bhikkhus, according to the commentary thereon.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.