Saṁyutta Nikāya — The Connected Discourses

SN1: Connected Discourses with Devatas

SN1:47 Planters of Groves

1v.153 "For whom does merit always increase,
Both by day and by night?
Who are the people going to heaven,
Established in Dhamma, endowed with virtue?"

2v.154 "Those who set up a park or a grove,
The people who construct a bridge,
A place to drink and a well,
Those who give a residence: [n.103] Spk explains all these as gifts to the Saṅgha. Parks (arama) are distinguished by planted flowering trees and fruit trees, while groves (vana) are clusters of wild trees. Papa is glossed as a shed for giving drinking water.

3v.155 "For them merit always increases,
Both by day and by night;
Those are the people going to heaven,
Established in Dhamma, endowed with virtue."

1"Kesaṁ divā ca ratto ca,
sadā puññaṁ pavaḍḍhati;
Dhammaṭṭhā sīlasampannā,
ke janā saggagāmino"ti.

2"Ārāmaropā vanaropā,
ye janā setukārakā;
Papañca udapānañca,
ye dadanti upassayaṁ.

3Tesaṁ divā ca ratto ca,
sadā puññaṁ pavaḍḍhati;
Dhammaṭṭhā sīlasampannā,
te janā saggagāmino"ti.

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