四分律比丘含注戒本 1.443

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「持如是衣價與某甲比丘」；彼使至比丘所，語比丘言：「大德！今為汝故，送是衣價，受取。」是比丘語彼使如是言：「我不應受此衣價。我若須衣，合時清淨當受。」彼使語比丘言：「大德！有執事人不？」比丘應語言：「有。若僧伽藍民，若優婆塞，此是比丘執事人，常為諸比丘執事。」時彼使往執事人所，與衣價已，還到比丘所，如是言：「大德所示某甲執事人，我已與衣價。大德知時，往彼當得衣。」須衣比丘當往執事人所，若二反、三反，為作憶念，應語言：「我須衣。」

[saying,] 'Take such a robe-fund and give it to bhikṣu so-and-so'; and that messenger arrives at the bhikṣu's place and says to the bhikṣu, 'Venerable one! Now, for your sake, I deliver this robe-fund; please accept it.' This bhikṣu should speak to that messenger like this: 'I should not accept this robe-fund. If I need a robe, I will accept it at the proper time in accordance with purity.' That messenger says to the bhikṣu, 'Venerable one! Is there an attendant?' The bhikṣu should speak to him, saying: 'There is. Whether a monastery servant or an upāsaka, these are attendants of the bhikṣu who regularly attend to matters for the bhikṣus.' Then that messenger goes to the attendant's place, gives the robe-fund, and returns to the bhikṣu's place, speaking like this: 'The attendant so-and-so indicated by the venerable one, I have already given the robe-fund to him. Venerable one, knowing the proper time, go there and you shall obtain the robe.' The bhikṣu who needs a robe should go to the attendant's place, two or three times, to remind him, and should speak to him: 'I need a robe.'