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Aṅguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

3: The Book of the Threes

155. A Good Morning

1"Bhikkhus, those beings who engage in good conduct by body, speech, and mind in the morning have a good morning.

1"Ye, bhikkhave, sattā pubbaṇhasamayaṁ kāyena sucaritaṁ caranti, vācāya sucaritaṁ caranti, manasā sucaritaṁ caranti, supubbaṇho, bhikkhave, tesaṁ sattānaṁ.

2Those beings who engage in good conduct by body, speech, and mind in the afternoon have a good afternoon.

2Ye, bhikkhave, sattā majjhanhikasamayaṁ kāyena sucaritaṁ caranti, vācāya sucaritaṁ caranti, manasā sucaritaṁ caranti, sumajjhanhiko, bhikkhave, tesaṁ sattānaṁ.



3And those beings who engage in good conduct by body, speech, and mind in the evening have a good evening."

3Ye, bhikkhave, sattā sāyanhasamayaṁ kāyena sucaritaṁ caranti, vācāya sucaritaṁ caranti, manasā sucaritaṁ caranti, susāyanho, bhikkhave, tesaṁ sattānanti.



4Truly propitious and auspicious,
a happy daybreak and a joyful rising,
a precious moment and a blissful hour
will come for those who offer alms
to those leading the spiritual life.

4Sunakkhattaṁ sumaṅgalaṁ,
suppabhātaṁ suhuṭṭhitaṁ;
Sukhaṇo sumuhutto ca,
suyiṭṭhaṁ brahmacārisu.

5Upright acts of body and speech,
upright thoughts and aspirations:
when one does what is upright
one gains upright benefits.

5Padakkhiṇaṁ kāyakammaṁ,
vācākammaṁ padakkhiṇaṁ;
Padakkhiṇaṁ manokammaṁ,
paṇīdhi te padakkhiṇe;
Padakkhiṇāni katvāna,
labhantatthe padakkhiṇe.

6Those happy ones who have gained such benefits
come to growth in the Buddha’s teaching.
May you and all your relatives
be healthy and happy!

6Te atthaladdhā sukhitā,
viruḷhā buddhasāsane;
Arogā sukhitā hotha,
saha sabbehi ñātibhī"ti.



Dasamaṁ.
Maṅgalavaggo pañcamo.

7Akusalañca sāvajjaṁ,
visamāsucinā saha;
Caturo khatā vandanā,
pubbaṇhena ca te dasāti.

Tatiyo paṇṇāsako samatto.