Sponsoring Sacrifice

Yajamānasutta

Sponsoring Sacrifice

Yajamānasutta

EN
At one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha, on the Vulture’s Peak Mountain. And then Sakka, lord of gods, went up to the Buddha, bowed, stood to one side, and addressed him in verse: “For humans, those merit-seeking creatures,
PL
Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā rājagahe viharati gijjhakūṭe pabbate. Atha kho sakko devānamindo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhāsi. Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho sakko devānamindo bhagavantaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi: “Yajamānānaṁ manussānaṁ,
EN
who sponsor sacrifices, making worldly merit, where is a gift very fruitful?” “Four practicing the path,
PL
puññapekkhāna pāṇinaṁ; Karotaṁ opadhikaṁ puññaṁ, kattha dinnaṁ mahapphalan”ti. “Cattāro ca paṭipannā,
EN
and four established in the fruit. This is the upright Saṅgha, with wisdom, ethics, and immersion. For humans, those merit-seeking creatures,
PL
cattāro ca phale ṭhitā; Esa saṅgho ujubhūto, paññāsīlasamāhito. Yajamānānaṁ manussānaṁ,
EN
who sponsor sacrifices, making worldly merit, what is given to the Saṅgha is very fruitful.”
PL
Puññapekkhāna pāṇinaṁ; Karotaṁ opadhikaṁ puññaṁ, Saṅghe dinnaṁ mahapphalan”ti.

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

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