1"Bhikkhus, there are these five timely gifts. What five? (1) One gives a gift to a visitor. (2) One gives a gift to one setting out on a journey. (3) One gives a gift to a patient. (4) One gives a gift during a famine. (5) One first presents the newly harvested crops and fruits to the virtuous ones. These are the five timely gifts."

2At the proper time, those wise,
charitable, and generous folk
give a timely gift to the noble ones,
who are stable and upright;

3given with a clear mind,
one's offering is vast.
Those who rejoice in such deeds
or who provide other service
do not miss out on the offering;
they too partake of the merit.

4Therefore, with a non-regressing mind,
one should give a gift where it yields great fruit.
Merits are the support of living beings
when they arise in the other world.

1"Pañcimāni, bhikkhave, kāladānāni. Katamāni pañca? Āgantukassa dānaṁ deti; gamikassa dānaṁ deti; gilānassa dānaṁ deti; dubbhikkhe dānaṁ deti; yāni tāni navasassāni navaphalāni tāni paṭhamaṁ sīlavantesu patiṭṭhāpeti. Imāni kho, bhikkhave, pañca kāladānānīti.

2Kāle dadanti sappaññā,
vadaññū vītamaccharā;
Kālena dinnaṁ ariyesu,
ujubhūtesu tādisu.

3Vippasannamanā tassa,
vipulā hoti dakkhiṇā;
Ye tattha anumodanti,
veyyāvaccaṁ karonti vā;
Na tena dakkhiṇā ūnā,
tepi puññassa bhāgino.

4Tasmā dade appaṭivānacitto,
Yattha dinnaṁ mahapphalaṁ;
Puññāni paralokasmiṁ,
Patiṭṭhā honti pāṇinan"ti.

Chaṭṭhaṁ.