Because of my great clarity of memory, I ask the Sangha for resolution through recollection. Venerables, these monks Mettiya and Bhūmajaka are groundlessly charging me with failure in morality. Because of my great clarity of memory, for the second time, I ask the Sangha for resolution through recollection. Venerables, these monks Mettiya and Bhūmajaka are groundlessly charging me with failure in morality. Because of my great clarity of memory, for the third time, I ask the Sangha for resolution through recollection.’ A competent and capable monk should then inform the Sangha: ‘Please, venerables, I ask the Sangha to listen. These monks Mettiya and Bhūmajaka are groundlessly charging Venerable Dabba the Mallian with failure in morality. Because of his great clarity of memory, Dabba is asking the Sangha for resolution through recollection. If the Sangha is ready, it should grant Dabba resolution through recollection. This is the motion.