Dighanikaya 5.341

5.341

Sujaṃ paggaṇhantānanti mahāyāgapaṭiggaṇhanaṭṭhāne dānakaṭacchuṃ paggaṇhantānaṃ. Imehi catūhīti etehi sujātādīhi. Etesu hi asati – ‘‘evaṃ dujjātassa saṃvidhānena pavattadānaṃ kittakaṃ kālaṃ pavattissatī’’tiādīni vatvā upasaṅkamitāro na honti. Garahitabbābhāvato pana upasaṅkamantiyeva. Tasmā imānipi parikkhārā bhavantīti vuttāni.

"Of those holding up the ladle": of those holding up the giving-ladle in the place where the great sacrifice is received. "By these four": by these [factors] beginning with being well-born. For in their absence, people would say things like, 'A gift set up by the arrangement of such a base-born person, for how long will it continue?' and would not be ones who approach. But because there is no blameworthiness, they certainly do approach. Therefore, these too are said to be requisites.