[675] Bhikkhus, if while those bhikkhus are deciding that legal issue (adhikaraṇa) endless talk arises and the meaning of what has been said is not understood, I allow such a legal issue to be settled by referral to a committee (ubbāhikā). A bhikkhu possessed of ten qualities should be agreed upon for the committee: he is virtuous, he dwells restrained by the restraint of the Pātimokkha, possessed of proper conduct and resort, seeing danger in the slightest faults; he trains himself, having undertaken the training rules. He is learned, a bearer of what he has heard, a storer-up of what he has heard; those dhammas that are good in the beginning, good in the middle, and good in the end, which proclaim, with the meaning and with the phrasing, the holy life utterly perfect and pure — such dhammas have been much learned by him, borne in mind, recited verbally, examined with the mind, and well penetrated by view. Moreover, both Pātimokkhas have been well handed down to him in detail, well analyzed, well mastered in recitation, well determined by rule and by detail. Moreover, he is firmly established in the Vinaya, immovable. He is capable of convincing both parties opposed in the matter, of making them reflect, of making them examine, of making them see, and of reconciling them. He is skilled in settling an arisen legal issue: he knows the legal issue, he knows the origin of the legal issue, he knows the cessation of the legal issue, and he knows the way of practice leading to the cessation of the legal issue. Bhikkhus, I allow a bhikkhu possessed of these ten qualities to be agreed upon for the committee.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.