Aṇḍajadānūpakārasuttadasaka

Ten Discourses On How Giving Helps to Become Egg-Born

Seated to one side, that mendicant said to the Buddha: “Sir, what is the cause, what is the reason why someone, when their body breaks up, after death, is reborn in the company of the egg-born dragons?” “Mendicant, it’s when someone does both kinds of deeds by body, speech, and mind. And they’ve heard:

Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca: “ko nu kho, bhante, hetu, ko paccayo, yena midhekacco kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā aṇḍajānaṁ nāgānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjatī”ti? “Idha, bhikkhu, ekacco kāyena dvayakārī hoti, vācāya dvayakārī, manasā dvayakārī. Tassa sutaṁ hoti:

‘The egg-born dragons are long-lived, beautiful, and very happy.’ They think: ‘If only, when my body breaks up, after death, I would be reborn in the company of the egg-born dragons!’ They give food …

‘aṇḍajā nāgā dīghāyukā vaṇṇavanto sukhabahulā’ti. Tassa evaṁ hoti: ‘aho vatāhaṁ kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā aṇḍajānaṁ nāgānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjeyyan’ti. So annaṁ deti.

drink … clothing …

So kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā aṇḍajānaṁ nāgānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjati. Ayaṁ kho, bhikkhu, hetu …pe… upapajjatīti …pe… so pānaṁ deti …pe… vatthaṁ deti …pe…

a vehicle … a garland … fragrance … makeup …

yānaṁ deti …pe… mālaṁ deti …pe… gandhaṁ deti …pe… vilepanaṁ deti …pe…

a bed … a house … a lamp. When their body breaks up, after death, they’re reborn in the company of the egg-born dragons.

seyyaṁ deti …pe… āvasathaṁ deti …pe… padīpeyyaṁ deti. So kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā aṇḍajānaṁ nāgānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjati.

This is the cause, this is the reason why someone, when their body breaks up, after death, is reborn in the company of the egg-born dragons.”

Ayaṁ kho, bhikkhu, hetu, ayaṁ paccayo, yena midhekacco kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā aṇḍajānaṁ nāgānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjatī”ti. Vīsatimaṁ.

Ten Discourses On How Giving Helps to Become Egg-Born

Aṇḍajadānūpakārasuttadasaka

drink … clothing …

So kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā aṇḍajānaṁ nāgānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjati. Ayaṁ kho, bhikkhu, hetu …pe… upapajjatīti …pe… so pānaṁ deti …pe… vatthaṁ deti …pe…

a vehicle … a garland … fragrance … makeup …

yānaṁ deti …pe… mālaṁ deti …pe… gandhaṁ deti …pe… vilepanaṁ deti …pe…

a bed … a house … a lamp. When their body breaks up, after death, they’re reborn in the company of the egg-born dragons.

seyyaṁ deti …pe… āvasathaṁ deti …pe… padīpeyyaṁ deti. So kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā aṇḍajānaṁ nāgānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjati.

This is the cause, this is the reason why someone, when their body breaks up, after death, is reborn in the company of the egg-born dragons.”

Ayaṁ kho, bhikkhu, hetu, ayaṁ paccayo, yena midhekacco kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā aṇḍajānaṁ nāgānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjatī”ti. Vīsatimaṁ.