Food

Bhojanasutta

Food

Bhojanasutta

EN
“Mendicants, when a giver gives food, they give the recipients five things. What five? Long life, beauty, happiness, strength, and eloquence. Giving long life, they have long life as a god or human.
PL
“Bhojanaṁ, bhikkhave, dadamāno dāyako paṭiggāhakānaṁ pañca ṭhānāni deti. Katamāni pañca? Āyuṁ deti, vaṇṇaṁ deti, sukhaṁ deti, balaṁ deti, paṭibhānaṁ deti. Āyuṁ kho pana datvā āyussa bhāgī hoti dibbassa vā mānusassa vā;
EN
Giving beauty, they have beauty as a god or human. Giving happiness, they have happiness as a god or human. Giving strength, they have strength as a god or human. Giving eloquence, they are eloquent as a god or human.
PL
vaṇṇaṁ datvā vaṇṇassa bhāgī hoti dibbassa vā mānusassa vā; sukhaṁ datvā sukhassa bhāgī hoti dibbassa vā mānusassa vā; balaṁ datvā balassa bhāgī hoti dibbassa vā mānusassa vā; paṭibhānaṁ datvā paṭibhānassa bhāgī hoti dibbassa vā mānusassa vā.
EN
When a giver gives food, they give the recipients five things. Being attentive, one is a giver of life, strength, beauty, and eloquence. An intelligent giver of happiness
PL
Bhojanaṁ, bhikkhave, dadamāno dāyako paṭiggāhakānaṁ imāni pañca ṭhānāni detīti. Āyudo balado dhīro, vaṇṇado paṭibhānado; Sukhassa dātā medhāvī,
EN
gains happiness in return. Giving life, strength, beauty, happiness, and eloquence, they’re long-lived and famous
PL
sukhaṁ so adhigacchati. Āyuṁ datvā balaṁ vaṇṇaṁ, sukhañca paṭibhānakaṁ; Dīghāyu yasavā hoti,
EN
wherever they’re reborn.”
PL
yattha yatthūpapajjatī”ti. Sattamaṁ.

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

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