• Numbered Discourses 5.37 Aį¹…guttara Nikāya 5.37
  • 4. With Sumanā 4. Sumanavagga

Food Bhojanasutta

ā€œMendicants, when a giver gives food, they give the recipients five things. ā€œBhojanaṁ, bhikkhave, dadamāno dāyako paį¹­iggāhakānaṁ paƱca į¹­hānāni deti. What five? Katamāni paƱca? Long life, beauty, happiness, strength, and eloquence. Āyuṁ deti, vaṇṇaṁ deti, sukhaṁ deti, balaṁ deti, paį¹­ibhānaṁ deti.

Giving long life, they have long life as a god or human. Āyuṁ kho pana datvā āyussa bhāgÄ« hoti dibbassa vā mānusassa vā;

Giving beauty, they have beauty as a god or human. vaṇṇaṁ datvā vaṇṇassa bhāgÄ« hoti dibbassa vā mānusassa vā;

Giving happiness, they have happiness as a god or human. sukhaṁ datvā sukhassa bhāgī hoti dibbassa vā mānusassa vā;

Giving strength, they have strength as a god or human. balaṁ datvā balassa bhāgī hoti dibbassa vā mānusassa vā;

Giving eloquence, they are eloquent as a god or human. paṭibhānaṁ datvā paṭibhānassa bhāgī hoti dibbassa vā mānusassa vā.

When a giver gives food, they give the recipients five things. Bhojanaṁ, bhikkhave, dadamāno dāyako paṭiggāhakānaṁ imāni pañca ṭhānāni detīti.

Being attentive, one is a giver of life, strength, Āyudo balado dhÄ«ro, beauty, and eloquence. vaṇṇado paį¹­ibhānado; An intelligent giver of happiness Sukhassa dātā medhāvÄ«, gains happiness in return. sukhaṁ so adhigacchati.

Giving life, strength, beauty, Āyuṁ datvā balaṁ vaṇṇaṁ, happiness, and eloquence, sukhaƱca paį¹­ibhānakaṁ; they’re long-lived and famous DÄ«ghāyu yasavā hoti, wherever they’re reborn.ā€ yattha yatthÅ«papajjatÄ«ā€ti.

Sattamaṁ.