Uggasutta — Reader

With Ugga

Uggasutta

Then Ugga the government chief minister went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him, “It’s incredible, sir, it’s amazing! Migāra of Rohaṇa is so rich, so very wealthy.”

Atha kho uggo rājamahāmatto yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho uggo rājamahāmatto bhagavantaṁ etadavoca: “Acchariyaṁ, bhante, abbhutaṁ, bhante. Yāva aḍḍho cāyaṁ, bhante, migāro rohaṇeyyo yāva mahaddhano yāva mahābhogo”ti.

“But Ugga, how rich is he?” “He has a hundred thousand gold coins, not to mention the silver coins!” “Well, Ugga, that is wealth, I can’t deny it. But fire, water, rulers, thieves, and unloved heirs all take a share of that wealth.

“Kīva aḍḍho panugga, migāro rohaṇeyyo, kīva mahaddhano, kīva mahābhogo”ti? “Sataṁ, bhante, satasahassānaṁ hiraññassa, ko pana vādo rūpiyassā”ti. “Atthi kho etaṁ, ugga, dhanaṁ netaṁ ‘natthī’ti vadāmīti. Tañca kho etaṁ, ugga, dhanaṁ sādhāraṇaṁ agginā udakena rājūhi corehi appiyehi dāyādehi.

There are these seven kinds of wealth that they can’t take a share of. What seven? The wealth of faith, ethics, conscience, prudence, learning, generosity, and wisdom. There are these seven kinds of wealth that fire, water, rulers, thieves, and unloved heirs can’t take a share of.

Satta kho imāni, ugga, dhanāni asādhāraṇāni agginā udakena rājūhi corehi appiyehi dāyādehi. Katamāni satta? Saddhādhanaṁ, sīladhanaṁ, hirīdhanaṁ, ottappadhanaṁ, sutadhanaṁ, cāgadhanaṁ, paññādhanaṁ. Imāni kho, ugga, satta dhanāni asādhāraṇāni agginā udakena rājūhi corehi appiyehi dāyādehīti.

Faith and ethical conduct are kinds of wealth, as are conscience and prudence, learning and generosity, and wisdom is the seventh kind of wealth.

Saddhādhanaṁ sīladhanaṁ, hirī ottappiyaṁ dhanaṁ; Sutadhanañca cāgo ca, paññā ve sattamaṁ dhanaṁ.

When a woman or man has these kinds of wealth, they’re really rich in the world, invincible among gods and humans.

Yassa ete dhanā atthi, itthiyā purisassa vā; Sa ve mahaddhano loke, ajeyyo devamānuse.

So let the wise devote themselves to faith, ethical behavior, confidence, and insight into the teaching, remembering the instructions of the Buddhas.”

Tasmā saddhañca sīlañca, pasādaṁ dhammadassanaṁ; Anuyuñjetha medhāvī, saraṁ buddhāna sāsanan”ti.

Sattamaṁ.