Bikkurim, chapter 3, mishnah 6. The mishnah continues its description of the process of bringing the bikkurim and teaches that the recitation is made while the basket is still on the shoulder of the one bringing it: "Odehu hasal al keseifo korei" - the person bringing the bikkurim is still carrying the basket on his shoulder, and he begins to recite the passage that the Torah instructs him to say at the time the bikkurim are brought. We have discussed this recitation, the declaration that a person makes, throughout the tractate.
The opinion of the first Tanna:
The recitation is said straight through, and the basket remains on his shoulder for the entire recitation: "Mehigadti hayom laHashem Elokecha" - from the beginning of the declaration, which quotes the words of the verse "Higadti hayom laHashem Elokecha" - "ad shegomer kol haparashah" - until he completes the entire declaration that the Torah prescribes for him.
The opinion of Rabbi Yehudah:
Rabbi Yehudah divides the recitation into two parts: "Ad Arami oved avi" - he recites several verses and stops at the verse "Arami oved avi," which describes how Lavan sought to destroy our forefathers (these are the verses we read in the Haggadah on Pesach). From here on the mishnah spells out the order of events:
"Higia le'Arami oved avi, morid hasal me'al keseifo" - once he reaches this verse in his recitation, he lowers the basket of fruit from his shoulder.
"Ve'ochazo bisfasosav" - he holds the basket by its rims, by its edges.
"VeKohen mani'ach yado tachtav umenifo" - the kohen places his hand beneath the basket and waves the bikkurim, for waving the bikkurim is an obligation.
"Vekorei me'Arami oved avi ad shegomer kol haparashah" - after the waving he resumes reciting from "Arami oved avi" onward, until he completes the entire passage.
And to conclude the process: "Umanichah betzad hamizbe'ach" - the basket is placed at the side of the altar, at the southwestern corner. "Vehishtachavah veyatza" - the one bringing the bikkurim bows with his face toward the Sanctuary, and afterward he leaves.
In summary: In this mishnah we learned the order of the recitation and the waving. According to the first Tanna, he recites the entire passage while the basket is still on his shoulder, from "Higadti hayom" until the end; according to Rabbi Yehudah, he recites until "Arami oved avi," lowers the basket, holds it by its rims, and the kohen places his hand beneath it and waves it, and only afterward does he complete the recitation until the end of the passage. At the conclusion he places the basket at the side of the altar, bows, and leaves - that was the entire process.