Planters

Vanaropasutta

Planters

Vanaropasutta

EN
“Whose merit always grows by day and by night? What people—firm in principle, <j>accomplished in conduct— are going to heaven?”
PL
“Kesaṁ divā ca ratto ca, sadā puññaṁ pavaḍḍhati; Dhammaṭṭhā sīlasampannā, ke janā saggagāmino”ti.
EN
“Planters of parks or groves, those who build a bridge, a drinking place and well, and those who give monastic quarters.
PL
“Ārāmaropā vanaropā, ye janā setukārakā; Papañca udapānañca, ye dadanti upassayaṁ.
EN
Their merit always grows by day and by night. Those people—firm in principle, <j>accomplished in conduct— are going to heaven.”
PL
Tesaṁ divā ca ratto ca, sadā puññaṁ pavaḍḍhati; Dhammaṭṭhā sīlasampannā, te janā saggagāmino”ti.

Pāli root text and English translation by Bhikkhu Sujato from SuttaCentral (https://suttacentral.net), CC0.

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