Numbered Discourses

6. The Chapter on Overflowing Merit

Sudatta

Aṅguttara Nikāya

6. Puññābhisandavagga

Sudattasutta

Numbered Discourses

6. The Chapter on Overflowing Merit

Sudatta

Aṅguttara Nikāya

6. Puññābhisandavagga

Sudattasutta

Long life, beauty, happiness, and strength.

Ruta suttaAN 4.58Sutta PiṭakaAṅguttara Nikāya4. Catukkanipāta2. Dutiyapaṇṇāsaka6. PuññābhisandavaggaSudattasutta

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Then the householder Anāthapiṇḍika went up to the BuddhaBuddhaEl nombre dado a quien redescubre por sí mismo el sendero liberador del Dhamma, tras un largo período de haber sido olvidado por el mundo. Según la tradición, una larga línea de Buddhas se extiende hasta el pasado distante. El Buddha más reciente nació como Siddhattha Gotama en la India alrededor del año 500 a.e.c. Un joven bien educado y acomodado, renunció a su familia y su herencia principesca en la flor de la vida para buscar la verdadera libertad y el fin del sufrimiento (dukkha). Después de siete años de austeridades en el bosque, redescubrió el «camino medio» y alcanzó su meta, convirtiéndose en el Buddha.Ver en el glosario, bowed, and sat down to one side. The Buddha said to him:

Atha kho anāthapiṇḍiko gahapati yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinnaṁ kho anāthapiṇḍikaṁ gahapatiṁ bhagavā etadavoca:

Then the householder Anāthapiṇḍika went up to the Buddha, bowed, and sat down to one side. The Buddha said to him:

Then the householder Anāthapiṇḍika went up to the Buddha, bowed, and sat down to one side. The Buddha said to him: Atha kho anāthapiṇḍiko gahapati yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinnaṁ kho anāthapiṇḍikaṁ gahapatiṁ bhagavā etadavoca:

“Householder, when a noble disciple gives food, they give the recipients four things. What four? Long life, beauty, happiness, and strength. Giving long life, they have long life as a god or human. … Giving beauty … happiness … strength … When a noble disciple gives food, they give the recipients these four things.

“Bhojanaṁ, gahapati, dadamāno ariyasāvako paṭiggāhakānaṁ cattāri ṭhānāni deti. Katamāni cattāri? Āyuṁ deti, vaṇṇaṁ deti, sukhaṁ deti, balaṁ deti. Āyuṁ kho pana datvā āyussa bhāgī hoti dibbassa vā mānusassa vā. Vaṇṇaṁ datvā … sukhaṁ datvā … balaṁ datvā balassa bhāgī hoti dibbassa vā mānusassa vā. Bhojanaṁ, gahapati, dadamāno ariyasāvako paṭiggāhakānaṁ imāni cattāri ṭhānāni detīti.

“Householder, when a noble disciple gives food, they give the recipients four things.

“Bhojanaṁ, gahapati, dadamāno ariyasāvako paṭiggāhakānaṁ cattāri ṭhānāni deti.

What four?

Katamāni cattāri?

Long life, beauty, happiness, and strength.

Āyuṁ deti, vaṇṇaṁ deti, sukhaṁ deti, balaṁ deti.

Giving long life, they have long life as a god or human. …

Āyuṁ kho pana datvā āyussa bhāgī hoti dibbassa vā mānusassa vā.

Giving beauty … happiness … strength …

Vaṇṇaṁ datvā … sukhaṁ datvā … balaṁ datvā balassa bhāgī hoti dibbassa vā mānusassa vā.

When a noble disciple gives food, they give the recipients these four things.

Bhojanaṁ, gahapati, dadamāno ariyasāvako paṭiggāhakānaṁ imāni cattāri ṭhānāni detīti.

“Householder, when a noble disciple gives food, they give the recipients four things. “Bhojanaṁ, gahapati, dadamāno ariyasāvako paṭiggāhakānaṁ cattāri ṭhānāni deti. What four? Katamāni cattāri? Long life, beauty, happiness, and strength. Āyuṁ deti, vaṇṇaṁ deti, sukhaṁ deti, balaṁ deti. Giving long life, they have long life as a god or human. … Āyuṁ kho pana datvā āyussa bhāgī hoti dibbassa vā mānusassa vā. Giving beauty … happiness … strength … Vaṇṇaṁ datvā … sukhaṁ datvā … balaṁ datvā balassa bhāgī hoti dibbassa vā mānusassa vā. When a noble disciple gives food, they give the recipients these four things. Bhojanaṁ, gahapati, dadamāno ariyasāvako paṭiggāhakānaṁ imāni cattāri ṭhānāni detīti.

Carefully giving food at the right time, to those who are disciplined, eating only what others give, you provide them with four things: long life, beauty, happiness, and strength.

Yo saññatānaṁ paradattabhojinaṁ, Kālena sakkacca dadāti bhojanaṁ; Cattāri ṭhānāni anuppavecchati, Āyuñca vaṇṇañca sukhaṁ balañca.

Carefully giving food at the right time,

Yo saññatānaṁ paradattabhojinaṁ,

to those who are disciplined, eating only what others give,

Kālena sakkacca dadāti bhojanaṁ;

you provide them with four things:

Cattāri ṭhānāni anuppavecchati,

long life, beauty, happiness, and strength.

Āyuñca vaṇṇañca sukhaṁ balañca.

Carefully giving food at the right time, Yo saññatānaṁ paradattabhojinaṁ, to those who are disciplined, eating only what others give, Kālena sakkacca dadāti bhojanaṁ; you provide them with four things: Cattāri ṭhānāni anuppavecchati, long life, beauty, happiness, and strength. Āyuñca vaṇṇañca sukhaṁ balañca.

A person who gives long life, beauty, happiness, and strength, has long life and fame wherever they’re reborn.”

So āyudāyī vaṇṇadāyī,*vaṇṇadāyī → so āyudāyī baladāyī (bj, pts1ed); āyudāyī baladāyī (sya-all, km)sukhaṁ balaṁ dado naro;*sukhaṁ balaṁ dado → sukhaṁ vaṇṇaṁ dado (bj, sya-all, km); sukhavaṇṇadado (pts1ed); sukhabaladado (mr)Dīghāyu yasavā hoti, yattha yatthūpapajjatī”ti.

A person who gives long life, beauty,

So āyudāyī vaṇṇadāyī,*

happiness, and strength,

sukhaṁ balaṁ dado naro;*

has long life and fame

Dīghāyu yasavā hoti,

wherever they’re reborn.”

yattha yatthūpapajjatī”ti.

A person who gives long life, beauty, So āyudāyī vaṇṇadāyī,*vaṇṇadāyī → so āyudāyī baladāyī (bj, pts1ed); āyudāyī baladāyī (sya-all, km)happiness, and strength, sukhaṁ balaṁ dado naro;*sukhaṁ balaṁ dado → sukhaṁ vaṇṇaṁ dado (bj, sya-all, km); sukhavaṇṇadado (pts1ed); sukhabaladado (mr)has long life and fame Dīghāyu yasavā hoti, wherever they’re reborn.” yattha yatthūpapajjatī”ti.

Aṭṭhamaṁ.