- Numbered Discourses 5.37 Aį¹ guttara NikÄya 5.37
- 4. With SumanÄ 4. Sumanavagga
Food Bhojanasutta
āMendicants, when a giver gives food, they give the recipients five things. āBhojanaį¹, bhikkhave, dadamÄno dÄyako paį¹iggÄhakÄnaį¹ paƱca į¹hÄnÄni deti. What five? KatamÄni paƱca? Long life, beauty, happiness, strength, and eloquence. Äyuį¹ deti, vaį¹į¹aį¹ deti, sukhaį¹ deti, balaį¹ deti, paį¹ibhÄnaį¹ deti.
Giving long life, they have long life as a god or human. Äyuį¹ kho pana datvÄ Äyussa bhÄgÄ« hoti dibbassa vÄ mÄnusassa vÄ;
Giving beauty, they have beauty as a god or human. vaį¹į¹aį¹ datvÄ vaį¹į¹assa bhÄgÄ« hoti dibbassa vÄ mÄnusassa vÄ;
Giving happiness, they have happiness as a god or human. sukhaį¹ datvÄ sukhassa bhÄgÄ« hoti dibbassa vÄ mÄnusassa vÄ;
Giving strength, they have strength as a god or human. balaį¹ datvÄ balassa bhÄgÄ« hoti dibbassa vÄ mÄnusassa vÄ;
Giving eloquence, they are eloquent as a god or human. paį¹ibhÄnaį¹ datvÄ paį¹ibhÄnassa bhÄgÄ« hoti dibbassa vÄ mÄnusassa vÄ.
When a giver gives food, they give the recipients five things. Bhojanaį¹, bhikkhave, dadamÄno dÄyako paį¹iggÄhakÄnaį¹ imÄni paƱca į¹hÄnÄni detÄ«ti.
Being attentive, one is a giver of life, strength, Äyudo balado dhÄ«ro, beauty, and eloquence. vaį¹į¹ado paį¹ibhÄnado; An intelligent giver of happiness Sukhassa dÄtÄ medhÄvÄ«, gains happiness in return. sukhaį¹ so adhigacchati.
Giving life, strength, beauty, Äyuį¹ datvÄ balaį¹ vaį¹į¹aį¹, happiness, and eloquence, sukhaƱca paį¹ibhÄnakaį¹; theyāre long-lived and famous DÄ«ghÄyu yasavÄ hoti, wherever theyāre reborn.ā yattha yatthÅ«papajjatÄ«āti.
Sattamaį¹.
