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Dānasutta

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इतिवुत्तकi·ti·vut·ta·ka 98

Itivuttaka 98

So It Was Said 98
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तिकनिपातti·ka·ni·pā·ta

Tikanipāta

The Book of the Threes
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पञ्चमवग्गpañ·ca·ma·vag·ga

Pañcamavagga

Chapter Five
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दानसुत्तdā·na·sut·ta

Dānasutta

Giving
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वुत्तञ्हेतंvut·tañ·he·taṃ भगवताbha·ga·va·tā वुत्तमरहतातिvut·ta·ma·ra·ha·tā·ti मेme सुतं:su·taṃ

Vuttañhetaṁ bhagavatā vuttamarahatāti me sutaṁ:

This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.
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“द्वेमानि,dve·mā·ni भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve दानानि—dā·nā·ni

“Dvemāni, bhikkhave, dānāni—

“There are, mendicants, these two gifts.
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आमिसदानञ्चā·mi·sa·dā·nañ·ca धम्मदानञ्च।dham·ma·dā·nañ·ca

āmisadānañca dhammadānañca.

A gift of things of the flesh and a gift of the teaching.
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एतदग्गं,e·ta·dag·gaṃ भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve इमेसंi·me·saṃ द्विन्नंdvin·naṃ दानानंdā·nā·naṃ यदिदंya·di·daṃ धम्मदानं।dham·ma·dā·naṃ

Etadaggaṁ, bhikkhave, imesaṁ dvinnaṁ dānānaṁ yadidaṁ dhammadānaṁ.

The better of these two gifts is the gift of the teaching.
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द्वेमे,dve·me भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve संविभागा—saṃ·vi·bhā·gā

Dveme, bhikkhave, saṁvibhāgā—

There are these two kinds of sharing.
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आमिससंविभागोā·mi·sa·saṃ·vi·bhā·go चca धम्मसंविभागोdham·ma·saṃ·vi·bhā·go च।ca

āmisasaṁvibhāgo ca dhammasaṁvibhāgo ca.

Sharing things of the flesh and sharing the teaching.
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एतदग्गं,e·ta·dag·gaṃ भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve इमेसंi·me·saṃ द्विन्नंdvin·naṃ संविभागानंsaṃ·vi·bhā·gā·naṃ यदिदंya·di·daṃ धम्मसंविभागो।dham·ma·saṃ·vi·bhā·go

Etadaggaṁ, bhikkhave, imesaṁ dvinnaṁ saṁvibhāgānaṁ yadidaṁ dhammasaṁvibhāgo.

The better of these two kinds of sharing is sharing the teaching.
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द्वेमे,dve·me भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve अनुग्गहा—a·nug·ga·hā

Dveme, bhikkhave, anuggahā—

There are these two kinds of support.
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आमिसानुग्गहोā·mi·sā·nug·ga·ho चca धम्मानुग्गहोdham·mā·nug·ga·ho च।ca

āmisānuggaho ca dhammānuggaho ca.

Support in things of the flesh and support in the teaching.
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एतदग्गं,e·ta·dag·gaṃ भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve इमेसंi·me·saṃ द्विन्नंdvin·naṃ अनुग्गहानंa·nug·ga·hā·naṃ यदिदंya·di·daṃ धम्मानुग्गहो”ति।dham·mā·nug·ga·ho

Etadaggaṁ, bhikkhave, imesaṁ dvinnaṁ anuggahānaṁ yadidaṁ dhammānuggaho”ti.

The better of these two kinds of support is support in the teaching.”
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एतमत्थंe·ta·mat·thaṃ भगवाbha·ga·vā अवोच।a·vo·ca

Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.

The Buddha spoke this matter.
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तत्थेतंtat·the·taṃ इतिi·ti वुच्चति:vuc·ca·ti

Tatthetaṁ iti vuccati:

On this it is said:
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“यमाहुya·mā·hu दानंdā·naṃ परमंpa·ra·maṃ अनुत्तरं,a·nut·ta·raṃ

“Yamāhu dānaṁ paramaṁ anuttaraṁ,

“It is said to be the supreme, ultimate gift,
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यंyaṃ संविभागंsaṃ·vi·bhā·gaṃ भगवाbha·ga·vā अवण्णयि;a·vaṇ·ṇa·yi

Yaṁ saṁvibhāgaṁ bhagavā avaṇṇayi;

and the sharing praised by the Buddha;
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अग्गम्हिag·gam·hi खेत्तम्हिkhet·tam·hi पसन्नचित्तो,pa·san·na·cit·to

Aggamhi khettamhi pasannacitto,

what wise and sensible person, <j>confident in the best of fields,
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विञ्ञूviñ·ñū पजानंpa·jā·naṃ कोko नna यजेथya·je·tha काले।kā·le

Viññū pajānaṁ ko na yajetha kāle.

would not sow a such timely gift?
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येye चेवce·va भासन्तिbhā·san·ti सुणन्तिsu·ṇan·ti चूभयं,cū·bha·yaṃ

Ye ceva bhāsanti suṇanti cūbhayaṁ,

For those who are diligent <j>in the dispensation of the Holy One,
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पसन्नचित्ताpa·san·na·cit·tā सुगतस्सsu·ga·tas·sa सासने;sā·sa·ne

Pasannacittā sugatassa sāsane;

both those who speak and those who listen,
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तेसंte·saṃ सोso अत्थोat·tho परमोpa·ra·mo विसुज्झति,vi·suj·jha·ti

Tesaṁ so attho paramo visujjhati,

confident in the dispensation of the Holy One,
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येye अप्पमत्ताap·pa·mat·tā सुगतस्सsu·ga·tas·sa सासने”ति।sā·sa·ne

Ye appamattā sugatassa sāsane”ti.

such a gift purifies the highest goal.”
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अयम्पिa·yam·pi अत्थोat·tho वुत्तोvut·to भगवता,bha·ga·va·tā इतिi·ti मेme सुतन्ति।su·tan·ti

Ayampi attho vutto bhagavatā, iti me sutanti.

This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.
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नवमं।na·va·maṃ

Navamaṁ.

(Pāli only)

Sources. Sanskrit: Satyavedaḥ, the New Testament in Sanskrit (Calcutta Baptist Missionaries, 1851; J. Wenger’s revision of W. Carey’s version). Digital text © 2018 SanskritBible.in, via eBible.org, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; changed here: arranged by verse and every word linked to the dictionary (links made automatically). Old Testament Sanskrit: the Old Testament in Sanskrit, Calcutta Baptist Mission Press, 1848–1852 (public domain), read by OCR from the Internet Archive scans of the Boston University School of Theology copy; unproofread, with machine clean-up only. Pāli Canon: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka Buddhavasse 2500 (based on the Vipassana Research Institute’s Chaṭṭha Saṅgāyana edition), from SuttaCentral bilara-data, CC0; Devanagari and pronunciation made automatically from the Roman text. Pāli English: Bhikkhu Sujato (suttas) and Bhikkhu Brahmali (Vinaya), SuttaCentral, CC0. Pāli word meanings: the Pali Text Society’s Pali-English Dictionary (Rhys Davids & Stede), corrected reprint © The Pali Text Society, CC BY-NC 3.0, digital text from BuddhaDust; word matching automatic. English: King James Version (1769), public domain; words the translators added are in italics. Word meanings and pronunciations: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1872), via this site’s Sanskrit dictionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); English↔Sanskrit word matches made automatically and may need checking.