EN
“Those folk in the world who are stingy, miserly and abusive, setting up obstacles for others who give.
PL
“Yedha maccharino loke, kadariyā paribhāsakā; Aññesaṁ dadamānānaṁ, antarāyakarā narā.
Stingy
Maccharisutta
EN
What kind of result do they reap? What kind of future life? We’ve come to ask the worthy sir: how are we to understand this?”
PL
Kīdiso tesaṁ vipāko, samparāyo ca kīdiso; Bhagavantaṁ puṭṭhumāgamma, kathaṁ jānemu taṁ mayan”ti.
EN
“Those folk in the world who are stingy, miserly and abusive, setting up obstacles for others who give:
PL
“Yedha maccharino loke, kadariyā paribhāsakā; Aññesaṁ dadamānānaṁ, antarāyakarā narā.
EN
they’re reborn in hell, the animal realm, or Yama’s world. If they return to the human state, they’re born in a poor family,
PL
Nirayaṁ tiracchānayoniṁ, yamalokaṁ upapajjare; Sace enti manussattaṁ, dalidde jāyare kule.
EN
where clothes, food, pleasure, and play are hard to find. They don’t even get what they hope for from others.
PL
Coḷaṁ piṇḍo ratī khiḍḍā, yattha kicchena labbhati; Parato āsīsare bālā, tampi tesaṁ na labbhati;
EN
This is the result in the present life, and in the next, a bad destination.” “We understand what you’re saying, and ask another question, Gotama.
PL
Diṭṭhe dhammesa vipāko, samparāye ca duggatī”ti. “Itihetaṁ vijānāma, aññaṁ pucchāma gotama;
EN
What about those who’ve gained the human state, who are bountiful and rid of stinginess, confident in the Buddha and the teaching, with keen respect for the Saṅgha?
PL
Yedha laddhā manussattaṁ, vadaññū vītamaccharā. Buddhe pasannā dhamme ca, saṅghe ca tibbagāravā;
EN
What kind of result do they reap? What kind of future life? We’ve come to ask the worthy sir: how are we to understand this?”
PL
Kīdiso tesaṁ vipāko, samparāyo ca kīdiso; Bhagavantaṁ puṭṭhumāgamma, kathaṁ jānemu taṁ mayan”ti.
EN
“Those who’ve gained the human state who are bountiful and rid of stinginess, confident in the Buddha and the teaching, with keen respect for the Saṅgha:
PL
“Yedha laddhā manussattaṁ, vadaññū vītamaccharā; Buddhe pasannā dhamme ca, saṅghe ca tibbagāravā;
EN
they illuminate the heavens wherever they’re reborn. If they return to the human state, they’re reborn in a rich family,
PL
Ete saggā pakāsanti, yattha te upapajjare. Sace enti manussattaṁ, aḍḍhe ājāyare kule;
EN
where clothes, food, pleasure, and play are easy to find. They rejoice like those who control the possessions of others.
PL
Coḷaṁ piṇḍo ratī khiḍḍā, yatthākicchena labbhati. Parasambhatesu bhogesu, vasavattīva modare;
EN
This is the result in the present life, and in the next, a good destination.”
PL
Diṭṭhe dhammesa vipāko, samparāye ca suggatī”ti.
Sutraya