The same motion for appointing a questioner, in the form used when there is a single candidate.
- When chanted
- Spoken at an ordination with one candidate, before the questioning.
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
The book prints the ordination forms twice over — once for two candidates and once for one — because the Pali endings change with number and a monk conducting the ceremony cannot be inventing grammar on the spot.
This is the single-candidate version of the motion printed a page later for two.
Meaning and purpose
The substance is unchanged: let the Sangha hear me; if the Sangha is ready, I would question the candidate on the obstructing conditions.
Where the other version names two, this names one, and every word that agrees with the candidate follows suit. That is the whole difference between the two printings.
It is worth seeing what this implies about the book's purpose. Printing a long form twice to change a handful of endings is only worth the paper if the book is expected to be open on a table during the ceremony — which is what it was made for.
The chant
As the book prints it: page 295 →
page 295สุณาตุ เม ภันเต สังโฆ,
Suṇātu me bhante saṅgho,
Let the Saṅgha, venerable sirs, hear me. If the Saṅgha is ready, I would question Obhāsa on the obstructing conditions.
อะยัง โอภาโส,
Ayaṃ obhāso,
…continues.
อายัส๎มะโต โสภะณัสสะ อุปะสัมปะทาเปกโข,
Āyasmato sobhaṇassa upasampadāpekkho,
…continues.
ยะทิ สังฆัสสะ ปัตตะกัลลัง,
Yadi saṅghassa pattakallaṃ,
…continues.
อะหัง โอภาสัง อันตะรายิเก ธัมเม ปุจเฉยยัง.
Ahaṃ obhāsaṃ antarāyike dhamme puccheyyaṃ.
…continues.