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Aṅguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

5: The Book of the Fives

37. Food

1"Bhikkhus, a donor who gives food gives the recipients five things. What five? One gives life, beauty, happiness, strength, and discernment.[n.1016] Āyuṁ, vaṇṇaṁ, sukhaṁ, balaṁ, paṭibhānaṁ. See AN4.57, AN4.58. (1) Having given life, one partakes of life, whether celestial or human. (2) Having given beauty, one partakes of beauty, whether celestial or human. (3) Having given happiness, one partakes of happiness, whether celestial or human. (4) Having given strength, one partakes of strength, whether celestial or human. (5) Having given discernment, one partakes of discernment, whether celestial or human. A donor who gives food gives the recipients these five things."

1"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; 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. Bhojanaṁ, bhikkhave, dadamāno dāyako paṭiggāhakānaṁ imāni pañca ṭhānāni detīti.

2The wise one is a giver of life,
strength, beauty, and discernment.
The intelligent one is a donor of happiness
and in turn acquires happiness.

2Āyudo balado dhīro,
vaṇṇado paṭibhānado;
Sukhassa dātā medhāvī,
sukhaṁ so adhigacchati.

3Having given life, strength, beauty,
happiness, and discernment,
one is long-lived and famous
wherever one is reborn.

3Āyuṁ datvā balaṁ vaṇṇaṁ,
sukhañca paṭibhānakaṁ;
Dīghāyu yasavā hoti,
yattha yatthūpapajjatī"ti.

Sattamaṁ.