1"Bhikkhus, these eight persons are worthy of gifts … an unsurpassed field of merit for the world. What eight? The stream-enterer, the one practicing for realization of the fruit of stream-entry … the arahant, the one practicing for realization of the fruit of arahantship. These eight persons, bhikkhus, are worthy of gifts … an unsurpassed field of merit for the world."

2The four practicing the way
and the four established in the fruit:
the eight persons among beings—
this is the foremost Saṅgha.

3For people intent on sacrifice,
for living beings seeking merit,
making merit that ripens in the acquisitions,
what is given here bears great fruit.

1"Aṭṭhime, bhikkhave, puggalā āhuneyyā … pe … anuttaraṁ puññakkhettaṁ lokassa. Katame aṭṭha? Sotāpanno, sotāpattiphalasacchikiriyāya paṭipanno … pe … arahā, arahattāya paṭipanno. Ime kho, bhikkhave, aṭṭha puggalā āhuneyyā … pe … anuttaraṁ puññakkhettaṁ lokassāti.

2Cattāro ca paṭipannā,
cattāro ca phale ṭhitā;
Esa saṅgho samukkaṭṭho,
sattānaṁ aṭṭha puggalā.

3Yajamānānaṁ manussānaṁ,
puññapekkhāna pāṇinaṁ;
Karotaṁ opadhikaṁ puññaṁ,
ettha dinnaṁ mahapphalan"ti.

Dasamaṁ.
Gotamīvaggo paṭhamo.

4Gotamī ovādaṁ saṅkhittaṁ,
dīghajāṇu ca ujjayo;
Bhayā dve āhuneyyā ca,
dve ca aṭṭha puggalāti.