Brasūtaradīmasaṅagerāhakhenavagga

Suttapiṭaka · Aṅguttaranikāya · Pañcakanipāta · Chakkanipāta · Vol. 22 · Section 260

[260] Bhikkhus, one possessing five qualities should not be appointed as an assigner of meals (bhattuddesaka). What five? He takes the wrong course out of desire (chandāgati); he takes the wrong course out of hatred (dosāgati); he takes the wrong course out of delusion (mohāgati); he takes the wrong course out of fear (bhayāgati); and he does not know which meals have been assigned and which have not been assigned. Bhikkhus, one possessing these five qualities should not be appointed as an assigner of meals. Bhikkhus, one possessing five qualities should be appointed as an assigner of meals. What five? He does not take the wrong course out of desire; he does not take the wrong course out of hatred; he does not take the wrong course out of delusion; he does not take the wrong course out of fear; and he knows which meals have been assigned and which have not been assigned. Bhikkhus, one possessing these five qualities should be appointed as an assigner of meals.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.