[262] Bhikkhus, a bhikkhu possessing five qualities should not be appointed (na sammannitabbo) as an assigner of lodgings (senāsanapaññāpaka) … he does not know what has been arranged and what has not been arranged … should be appointed as an assigner of lodgings … he knows what has been arranged and what has not been arranged … should not be appointed as an allocator of lodgings (senāsanagāhāpaka) … he does not know what has been arranged and what has not been arranged … should be appointed as an allocator of lodgings … he knows what has been arranged and what has not been arranged … should not be appointed as a storekeeper (bhaṇḍāgārika) … he does not know what is guarded and what is unguarded … should be appointed as a storekeeper … he knows what is guarded and what is unguarded … should not be appointed as a receiver of robes (cīvarapaṭiggāhaka) … he does not know what has been received and what has not been received … should be appointed as a receiver of robes … he knows what has been received and what has not been received … should not be appointed as a distributor of robes (cīvarabhājaka) … he does not know what has been distributed and what has not been distributed … should be appointed as a distributor of robes … he knows what has been distributed and what has not been distributed … should not be appointed as a distributor of gruel (yāgubhājaka) … should be appointed as a distributor of gruel … should not be appointed as a distributor of fruit (phalabhājaka) … should be appointed as a distributor of fruit … should not be appointed as a distributor of solid foods (khajjakabhājaka) … he does not know what has been distributed and what has not been distributed … should be appointed as a distributor of solid foods … he knows what has been distributed and what has not been distributed … should not be appointed as a dispenser of minor requisites (appamattakavissajjaka) … he does not know what has been dispensed and what has not been dispensed … should be appointed as a dispenser of minor requisites … he knows what has been dispensed and what has not been dispensed … should not be appointed as a distributor of bathing-cloths (sāṭiyagāhāpaka) … he does not know what has been taken and what has not been taken … should be appointed as a distributor of bathing-cloths … he knows what has been taken and what has not been taken … should not be appointed as a distributor of bowls (pattaggāhāpaka) … he does not know what has been taken and what has not been taken … should be appointed as a distributor of bowls … he knows what has been taken and what has not been taken … should not be appointed as a supervisor of monastery attendants (ārāmikapesaka) … he does not know who has been sent on duty and who has not been sent … should be appointed as a supervisor of monastery attendants … he knows who has been sent and who has not been sent … should not be appointed as a supervisor of novices (sāmaṇerapesaka) … should be appointed as a supervisor of novices … even when appointed, he should not be employed … when appointed, he should be employed … he should be understood as a fool … he should be understood as wise … he maintains himself maimed and injured … he maintains himself unmaimed and uninjured … he is deposited in hell (niraya) as if carried and put there … he does not know who has been sent and who has not been sent … he is deposited in heaven as if carried and put there. By which five? He takes no wrong course out of desire, takes no wrong course out of hatred, takes no wrong course out of delusion, takes no wrong course out of fear, and he knows who has been sent and who has not been sent. Possessing these five qualities, bhikkhus, a supervisor of novices is deposited in heaven as if carried and put there.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.