[132] That bhikkhu should approach the Saṅgha, arrange his upper robe over one shoulder, pay homage at the feet of the senior bhikkhus, squat down on his heels, raise his joined palms, and say thus: "Venerable sirs, this bowl of mine, procured in exchange for a bowl having fewer than five mends, is to be forfeited (nissaggiya). I forfeit it to the Saṅgha." Having forfeited it, the offence should be confessed. The offence should be acknowledged by an experienced and competent bhikkhu. A bhikkhu possessed of five qualities should be agreed upon as assigner of bowls (pattagāhāpaka): one who would not go a wrong course out of desire, who would not go a wrong course out of hatred, who would not go a wrong course out of delusion, who would not go a wrong course out of fear, and who would know what has been taken and what has not been taken. And thus, Bhikkhus, he should be agreed upon: first the bhikkhu should be asked. Having been asked, the Saṅgha should be informed by an experienced and competent bhikkhu:
"Venerable sirs, let the Saṅgha listen to me. If it is the right time for the Saṅgha, the Saṅgha should agree upon the bhikkhu named so-and-so as assigner of bowls. This is the motion (ñatti).
"Venerable sirs, let the Saṅgha listen to me. The Saṅgha agrees upon the bhikkhu named so-and-so as assigner of bowls. If the agreement upon the bhikkhu named so-and-so as assigner of bowls is acceptable to any venerable one, let him be silent; whoever does not find it acceptable should speak.
"The bhikkhu named so-and-so has been agreed upon by the Saṅgha as assigner of bowls. It is acceptable to the Saṅgha; therefore it is silent. Thus do I hold it."
The bowl should be caused to be taken by that agreed-upon bhikkhu. The elder should be told: "Venerable sir, let the elder take the bowl." If the elder takes it, the elder's bowl should be given to the second [most senior] to take. And it should not go untaken out of sympathy for that [offending] bhikkhu; whoever would not take it commits an offence of wrong-doing (dukkaṭa). It should not be caused to be taken by one who has no bowl. In this same manner it should be caused to be taken down as far as the most junior of the Saṅgha. And the bowl that is the last of that assembly of bhikkhus should be given to that [offending] bhikkhu with the words: "This, bhikkhu, is your bowl; it should be kept until it breaks." That bhikkhu should not lay that bowl down in an unsuitable place, should not use it improperly, and should not give it away, [thinking:] "How might this bowl be lost, or ruined, or broken?" If he lays it down in an unsuitable place, or uses it improperly, or gives it away, he commits an offence of wrong-doing. "This is the proper procedure here" means: this is conformity with the rule in that case.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.