Theravadan

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Serīsutta Serī the Deva’s Son With Serī Serī

Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho serī devaputto bhagavantaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi: As he was standing there, Serī the deva’s son recited these verses in the Blessed One’s presence: Standing to one side, the godling Serī addressed the Buddha in verse: Standing to one side, the young deva Serī addressed the Blessed One in verse:

“Annamevābhinandanti, “Truly, they delight in food, “Both gods and humans “They always take delight in food,

ubhaye devamānusā; both devas & human beings, enjoy their food. Both devas and human beings.

Atha ko nāma so yakkho, so what is the spirit So what’s the name of the spirit So what sort of spirit could it be

yaṁ annaṁ nābhinandatī”ti. who doesn’t delight in food?” who doesn’t like food?” That does not take delight in food?”

“Ye naṁ dadanti saddhāya, “Those who give it through conviction, “Those who give with faith “When they give out of faith

vippasannena cetasā; with clear, bright awareness: and a clear and confident heart, With a heart of confidence,

Tameva annaṁ bhajati, One eats that food, partake of food Food accrues to [the giver] himself

asmiṁ loke paramhi ca. in this world & the next. in this world and the next. Both in this world and the next.

Tasmā vineyya maccheraṁ, So, having subdued miserliness, So you should dispel stinginess, “Therefore, having removed stinginess,

dajjā dānaṁ malābhibhū; one who conquers [that] stain, should give a gift. overcoming that stain, and give a gift. The conqueror of the stain should give a gift.

Puññāni paralokasmiṁ, Deeds of merit are the support for beings The good deeds of sentient beings Merits, in the other world,

patiṭṭhā honti pāṇinan”ti. when they arise in the other world.” support them in the next world.” are the support for living beings.”

“Acchariyaṁ, bhante, abbhutaṁ, bhante. “How amazing, lord! How astounding! “It’s incredible, sir, it’s amazing, “It is wonderful, venerable sir! It is amazing,

Yāvasubhāsitamidaṁ, bhante, bhagavatā: How well this was stated by the Lord Blessed One!” how well said this was by the Buddha.” He repeated the Buddha’s verses, and said: venerable sir! How well this was stated by the Blessed One:

‘Ye naṁ dadanti saddhāya, ‘Those who give it through conviction, “‘When they give out of faith…

vippasannena cetasā; with clear, bright awareness:

Tameva annaṁ bhajati, One eats that food,

asmiṁ loke paramhi ca. in this world & the next.

Tasmā vineyya maccheraṁ, So, having subdued miserliness,

dajjā dānaṁ malābhibhū; one who conquers [that] stain, should give a gift.

Puññāni paralokasmiṁ, Deeds of merit are the support for beings Merits, in the other world,

patiṭṭhā honti pāṇinan’ti. when they arise in the other world.’” are the support for living beings.’

Bhūtapubbāhaṁ, bhante, sirī nāma rājā ahosiṁ dāyako dānapati dānassa vaṇṇavādī. “In the past, lord, I was a king named Serī—a donor, a lord of giving, one who spoke in praise of giving. “Once upon a time, sir, I was a king named Serī, a giver, a donor, who praised giving. ’“Once in the past, venerable sir, I was a king named Serī, a donor, a philanthropist, one who spoke in praise of giving.

Tassa mayhaṁ, bhante, catūsu dvāresu dānaṁ dīyittha samaṇabrāhmaṇakapaṇaddhikavanibbakayācakānaṁ. At my four gates I had gifts given to contemplatives & brahmans, poor people & travelers, mendicants & beggars. I gave gifts at the four gates to ascetics and brahmins, to paupers, vagrants, supplicants, and beggars. At the four gates I had gifts given to ascetics, brahmins, paupers, wayfarers, mendicants, and beggars.

Atha kho maṁ, bhante, itthāgāraṁ upasaṅkamitvā etadavoca: “Then my harem women came to me and said, Then the ladies of my harem approached me and said, Then, venerable sir, the harem women came to me and said:

‘devassa kho dānaṁ dīyati; amhākaṁ dānaṁ na dīyati. ‘Your majesty, you give gifts, but we don’t give gifts. ‘Your Majesty gives gifts, but we don’t. ‘Your majesty gives gifts, but we do not give gifts.

Sādhu mayampi devaṁ nissāya dānāni dadeyyāma, puññāni kareyyāmā’ti. It would be good if, depending on you, we gave gifts & did deeds of merit.’ Your Majesty, please support us to give gifts and make merit.’ It would be good if, with your majesty’s assistance, we too might give gifts and do meritorious deeds.

Tassa mayhaṁ, bhante, etadahosi: “Then the thought occurred to me, Then it occurred to me, ’ It occurred to me:

‘ahaṁ khosmi dāyako dānapati dānassa vaṇṇavādī. ‘Here I am, a donor, a lord of giving, one who speaks in praise of giving. ‘I’m a giver, a donor, who praises giving. ‘I am a donor, a philanthropist, one who speaks in praise of giving.

Dānaṁ dassāmāti vadante kinti vadeyyan’ti? So when they say, “Let us give gifts,” what am I to say?’ When they say, “We would give gifts”, what am I to say?’ So when they say,“Let us give gifts”, what am I to say to them?’

So khvāhaṁ, bhante, paṭhamaṁ dvāraṁ itthāgārassa adāsiṁ. So I gave the first gate to the harem women. And so I gave the first gate to the ladies of my harem. So, venerable sir, I gave the first gate to the harem women.

Tattha itthāgārassa dānaṁ dīyittha; mama dānaṁ paṭikkami. There the harem women gave gifts, and my gifts returned to me. There they gave gifts, while my own giving dwindled. There the harem women gave gifts, and my gifts returned to me.

Atha kho maṁ, bhante, khattiyā anuyantā upasaṅkamitvā etadavocuṁ: “Then my noble-warrior subordinates came to me and said, Then my aristocrat vassals approached me and said, “Then, venerable sir, my khattiya vassals came to me and said:

‘devassa kho dānaṁ dīyati; itthāgārassa dānaṁ dīyati; amhākaṁ dānaṁ na dīyati. ‘Your majesty, you give gifts, the harem women give gifts, but we don’t give gifts. ‘Your Majesty gives gifts, the ladies of your harem give gifts, but we don’t. ‘Your majesty gives gifts, the harem women give gifts, but we do not give gifts.

Tassa mayhaṁ, bhante, etadahosi: “Then the thought occurred to me, Then it occurred to me, ’ It occurred to me:

‘ahaṁ khosmi dāyako dānapati dānassa vaṇṇavādī. ‘Here I am, a donor, a lord of giving, one who speaks in praise of giving. ‘I’m a giver, a donor, who praises giving. ‘I am a donor…

Dānaṁ dassāmāti vadante kinti vadeyyan’ti? So when they say, “Let us give gifts,” what am I to say?’ When they say, “We would give gifts”, what am I to say?’

So khvāhaṁ, bhante, dutiyaṁ dvāraṁ khattiyānaṁ anuyantānaṁ adāsiṁ. So I gave the second gate to my noble-warrior subordinates. And so I gave the second gate to my aristocrat vassals. ’ So, venerable sir, I gave the second gate to the khattiya vassals.

Tattha khattiyānaṁ anuyantānaṁ dānaṁ dīyittha, mama dānaṁ paṭikkami. There the noble-warrior subordinates gave gifts, and my gifts returned to me. There they gave gifts, while my own giving dwindled. There the khattiya vassals gave gifts, and my gifts returned to me.

Atha kho maṁ, bhante, balakāyo upasaṅkamitvā etadavoca: “Then my troops came to me and said, Then my troops approached me and said, “Then, venerable sir, my troops came to me …

‘devassa kho dānaṁ dīyati; itthāgārassa dānaṁ dīyati; khattiyānaṁ anuyantānaṁ dānaṁ dīyati; amhākaṁ dānaṁ na dīyati. ‘Your majesty, you give gifts, the harem women give gifts, the noble-warrior subordinates give gifts, but we don’t give gifts. ‘Your Majesty gives gifts, the ladies of your harem give gifts, your aristocrat vassals give gifts, but we don’t.

Tassa mayhaṁ, bhante, etadahosi: “Then the thought occurred to me, Then it occurred to me,

‘ahaṁ khosmi dāyako dānapati dānassa vaṇṇavādī. ‘Here I am, a donor, a lord of giving, one who speaks in praise of giving. ‘I’m a giver, a donor, who praises giving.

Dānaṁ dassāmāti vadante kinti vadeyyan’ti? So when they say, “Let us give gifts,” what am I to say?’ When they say, “We would give gifts”, what am I to say?’

So khvāhaṁ, bhante, tatiyaṁ dvāraṁ balakāyassa adāsiṁ. So I gave the third gate to my troops. And so I gave the third gate to my troops. So, venerable sir, I gave the third gate to the troops.

Tattha balakāyassa dānaṁ dīyittha, mama dānaṁ paṭikkami. There the troops gave gifts, and my gifts returned to me. There they gave gifts, while my own giving dwindled. There the troops gave gifts, and my gifts returned to me.

Atha kho maṁ, bhante, brāhmaṇagahapatikā upasaṅkamitvā etadavocuṁ: “Then brahmans & householders came to me and said, Then my brahmins and householders approached me and said, “Then, venerable sir, the brahmins and householders came to me …

‘devassa kho dānaṁ dīyati; itthāgārassa dānaṁ dīyati; khattiyānaṁ anuyantānaṁ dānaṁ dīyati; balakāyassa dānaṁ dīyati; amhākaṁ dānaṁ na dīyati. ‘Your majesty, you give gifts, the harem women give gifts, the noble-warrior subordinates give gifts, the troops give gifts, but we don’t give gifts. ‘Your Majesty gives gifts, the ladies of your harem give gifts, your aristocrat vassals give gifts, your troops give gifts, but we don’t.

Tassa mayhaṁ, bhante, etadahosi: “Then the thought occurred to me, Then it occurred to me,

‘ahaṁ khosmi dāyako dānapati dānassa vaṇṇavādī. ‘Here I am, a donor, a lord of giving, one who speaks in praise of giving. ‘I’m a giver, a donor, who praises giving.

Dānaṁ dassāmāti vadante kinti vadeyyan’ti? So when they say, “Let us give gifts,” what am I to say?’ When they say, “We would give gifts”, what am I to say?’

So khvāhaṁ, bhante, catutthaṁ dvāraṁ brāhmaṇagahapatikānaṁ adāsiṁ. So I gave the fourth gate to the brahmans & householders. And so I gave the fourth gate to my brahmins and householders. So, venerable sir, I gave the fourth gate to the brahmins and householders.

Tattha brāhmaṇagahapatikānaṁ dānaṁ dīyittha, mama dānaṁ paṭikkami. There the brahmans & householders gave gifts, and my gifts returned to me. There they gave gifts, while my own giving dwindled. There the brahmins and householders gave gifts, and my gifts returned to me.

Atha kho maṁ, bhante, purisā upasaṅkamitvā etadavocuṁ: “Then my men came to me and said, Then my men approached me and said, “Then, venerable sir, my men came to me and said:

‘na kho dāni devassa koci dānaṁ dīyatī’ti. ‘Now your majesty isn’t giving any gifts.’ ‘Now Your Majesty is not giving gifts anywhere!’ ‘Now your majesty is not giving gifts anywhere.

Evaṁ vuttāhaṁ, bhante, te purise etadavocaṁ: “When that was said, I said to my men, When they said this, I said to those men, ’ When this was said, I told those men:

‘tena hi, bhaṇe, yo bāhiresu janapadesu āyo sañjāyati tato upaḍḍhaṁ antepure pavesetha, upaḍḍhaṁ tattheva dānaṁ detha samaṇabrāhmaṇakapaṇaddhikavanibbakayācakānan’ti. ‘In that case, I say, bring half of the revenue generated in the outlying districts into the city, and give half of it as gifts to contemplatives & brahmans, poor people & travelers, mendicants & beggars.’ ‘Well then, lads, deposit half the revenue generated in the outer districts in the royal compound. Give the other half as charity to ascetics and brahmins, to paupers, vagrants, supplicants, and beggars in those districts.’ ‘Well then, I say, send half of the revenue generated in the outlying provinces from there to the palace. There itself give half as gifts to ascetics, brahmins, paupers, wayfarers, mendicants, and beggars.

So khvāhaṁ, bhante, evaṁ dīgharattaṁ katānaṁ puññānaṁ evaṁ dīgharattaṁ katānaṁ kusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ pariyantaṁ nādhigacchāmi—“And so, lord, in the meritorious deeds I did for such a long time, in the skillful deeds I did for such a long time, I didn’t reach a limit of Sir, for a long time I made so much merit and did so many skillful deeds. I never reached any limit so as to say ’“I did not reach any limit, venerable sir, to the meritorious deeds that I did for such a long time,

ettakaṁ puññanti vā ettako puññavipākoti vā ettakaṁ sagge ṭhātabbanti vāti. ‘so much merit’ or ‘so much fruit of merit’ or ‘so long I should stay in heaven.’ ‘there’s this much merit’ or ‘there’s this much result of merit’ or ‘for so long I’ll remain in heaven’. ‘There is just so much merit, ’ or ‘There is just so much result of merit, ’ or ‘For just so long am I to dwell in heaven.

Acchariyaṁ, bhante, abbhutaṁ, bhante. “How amazing, lord! How astounding! It’s incredible, sir, it’s amazing, ’ It is wonderful, venerable sir! It is amazing, venerable sir!

Yāvasubhāsitamidaṁ, bhante, bhagavatā: How well this was stated by the lord Blessed One!” how well said this was by the Buddha. How well this was stated by the Blessed One:

‘Ye naṁ dadanti saddhāya, ‘Those who give it through conviction, ‘Those who give with faith “‘When they give out of faith

vippasannena cetasā; with clear, bright awareness: and a clear and confident heart, With a heart of confidence,

Tameva annaṁ bhajati, One eats that food, partake of food Food accrues to [the giver] himself

asmiṁ loke paramhi ca. in this world & the next. in this world and the next. Both in this world and the next.

Tasmā vineyya maccheraṁ, So, having subdued miserliness, So you should dispel stinginess, “‘Therefore, having removed stinginess,

dajjā dānaṁ malābhibhū; one who conquers [that] stain, should give a gift. overcoming that stain, and give a gift. The conqueror of the stain should give a gift.

Puññāni paralokasmiṁ, Deeds of merit are the support for beings The good deeds of sentient beings Deeds of merit, in the other world

patiṭṭhā honti pāṇinan’”ti. when they arise in the other world.’”support them in the next world.’” are the support for living beings ’”

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