Please, venerables, I ask the Sangha to listen. The Sangha gives monk so-and-so as a companion messenger to the monk Sudhamma to ask Citta for forgiveness. Any monk who approves of giving monk so-and-so as a companion messenger to the monk Sudhamma to ask Citta for forgiveness should remain silent. Any monk who doesn’t approve should speak up. The Sangha has given monk so-and-so as a companion messenger to the monk Sudhamma to ask Citta for forgiveness. The Sangha approves and is therefore silent. I will remember it thus.’

Sudhamma should now go to Macchikāsaṇḍa with that monk as a companion messenger to ask Citta for forgiveness, saying, ‘Please forgive me, householder; I wish to reconcile with you.’ If he forgives, all is well. If not, the companion messenger should say, ‘Please forgive this monk, householder; he wishes to reconcile with you.’ If he forgives, all is well. If not, the companion messenger should say, ‘Please forgive this monk, householder; I wish to reconcile with you.’ If he forgives, all is well. If not, the companion messenger should say, ‘Please forgive this monk, householder; I ask in the name of the Sangha.’ If he forgives, all is well. If not, then within sight and hearing of Citta, the monk Sudhamma should arrange his upper robe over one shoulder, squat on his heels, raise his joined palms, and confess that offense.”