The motion by which a monk is appointed to rehearse a single candidate, opening with the specimen names the book uses throughout.
- When chanted
- Spoken at an ordination with one candidate, before the rehearsal.
A note on this chant. The book prints this chant in Pali only, with no Thai translation. The English here is a working translation prepared for this edition — it is not the book's own, and has not yet been checked by a teacher.
Historical background
This entry opens with a line that is not part of the ceremony at all: the candidate is taken to be named Obhāsa, and the preceptor Sobhaṇa. The book is telling the reader that the names in what follows are specimens.
That convention runs through the whole ordination section, and it is why the forms read like a transcript rather than a template with blanks.
Meaning and purpose
The motion is the usual shape — let the Sangha hear me; if the Sangha is ready, I would instruct him — and the candidate is identified by name and by whose candidate he is.
Naming the preceptor in the motion matters procedurally. An ordination is always under a particular preceptor, and every act in the sequence restates the link rather than assuming it.
Using specimen names rather than dotted lines is a small editorial decision with a real effect. A monk reading the page sees what a correctly spoken motion sounds like, complete, instead of a form with holes in it.
The chant
As the book prints it: page 293 →
page 293สมมตินาคชื่อ โอภาโส สมมติพระอุปัชฌายะชื่อ โสภะโณ
The candidate is taken to be named Obhāsa, and the preceptor Sobhaṇa.
สุณาตุ เม ภันเต สังโฆ,
Suṇātu me bhante saṅgho,
Let the Saṅgha, venerable sirs, hear me. If the Saṅgha is ready, I would instruct Obhāsa.
โอภาโส,
Obhāso,
…continues.
อายัส๎มะโต โสภะณัสสะ อุปะสัมปะทาเปกโข,
Āyasmato sobhaṇassa upasampadāpekkho,
…continues.
ยะทิ สังฆัสสะ ปัตตะกัลลัง,
Yadi saṅghassa pattakallaṃ,
…continues.
อะหัง โอภาสัง อะนุสาเสยยัง.
Ahaṃ obhāsaṃ anusāseyyaṃ.
…continues.