dadantiveyathāśraddhaṁ yathāprasādanaṁ janā । tattha yo duṁmano hoti paresaṁ pānabhojane ।The people give according to faith, according to their confidence, herein the one who becomes depressed because of food and drink given to others, na so divā ca rātto ca samādhim adhigacchati ।।does not, either by day or night, attain to good concentration.

yassa cetaṁ samucchinnaṁ mūlo ’gghaccaṁ samūhataṁ । sa ve divā ca rātto ca samādhim adhigacchati ।।For the one in whom this depression is cut off, destroyed at the root, dug up, does, by day and night, attain to good concentration.

aśśo va bhadro kaṣāya puṭṭho ātāpino saviṁgaṇo carāṇo । śraddhāya sīlena ca vīriyeṇa ca samādhinā dhammavipaśśanāya ca ।Like a good horse touched by the whip, living ardent and spiritually intense. having faith, virtue and energy, concentration and insight into the Dhamma, te khāntisoracchasamādhisaṁṭhitā śutassa praṁñāya ca sāram ajjhagū ।।well-established in patience, meekness and concentration, they have come to the essence of wisdom and learning.

yo driṣṭe dhaṁme labhati śraddhāṁ praṁñāṁ anuttarāṁ । sa ve mahaddhano loke moham aṁñaṁ bahuṁ dhanaṁ ।।He who acquires faith and wisdom unsurpassed in this very life, has great wealth in the world, other wealth, though great, is useless.

śraddho sīlena saṁpanno yaśabhogasamāhito । yaṁ yaṁ so bhajate deśaṁ tattha tattheva pūjiyo ।।The faithful one who is possessed of virtue, and has wealth and fame, whatever district he resorts to, right there and then he is worshipped.

śraddhābitiyaṁ puruṣaṁ carantaṁ na naṁ labheyā aśraddho va cāro । yaśo ca kittī ca tato nam eti saggaṁ ca gacche śarīraṁ prahāya ।।Faith is a person’s travelling companion, he would not accept travelling without faith, from that there will be fame and renown for him, and when he abandons the body he goes to heaven.

aśraddho akataṁñū ca saṁdhicchedo ca yo naro । hatāvakāśo vāntāśo sa ve uttimaporuṣo ।।The person who is beyond mere faith, who knows that which is unmade, who has cut off rebirth-linking, who has destroyed the occasion, who has thrown out hope and desire, is surely the person supreme.

kiccho buddhāna uppādo kicchā dhammassa deśanā । kiccho śraddhapaṭīlābho kicchaṁ māccāna jīvitaṁ ।।It is rare the arising of Buddhas, rare the teaching of the Dhamma, it is rare to acquire faith, rare is the life of mortals.

anavaṭṭhitacittassa saddhaṁmam avijānato । pāriplavaprasādassa praṁñā na paripūrati ।।For the one with unsettled mind, who does not know the True Dhamma, whose confidence is wavering, wisdom is unfulfilled.

nāprasannacittena duṣṭena kupitena vā । śakkam ājānituṁ dhammo sāraṁbhabahulena vā ।।For one who has a mind lacking confidence, that is base or agitated, and frequently impetuous, it is not possible to understand the Dhamma.

yo tu vinīya sāraṁbhaṁ aprasādaṁ ca cetaso । prasannacitto sumano sa ve nyāyyā subhāṣitaṁ ।।He who has removed impetuosity, displeasure from his mind, with confident mind, happy, he can understand well-spoken words.

manuṣyapaṭilābhena saggānāṁ gamanena ca । pṛthivyām ekarājjena sotāpattiphalaṁ varaṁ ।।Acquiring birth as a human, or going to the heavens, or having sole sovereignty over the earth—better is the fruit of stream-entry.

yassa śraddhā tathāgate acalā supratiṣṭhitā । śīlañ ca yassa kallāṇaṁ ayirakāntaṁ praśaṁsiyaṁ ।।He whose faith in the Realised One is well-established and unmoveable, whose virtue is beautiful, praised by the noble ones,

saṁghe prasādo yassa asti ujjubhūtañ ca daṁśanaṁ । adaridro ti tam āhu amoghaṁ tassa jīvitaṁ ।।who has confidence in the Saṅgha, who sees uprightly, he they say is ‘not poor’, his life is not in vain.

tassā śraddhañ ca śīlaṁ ca prasādaṁ dhammadaṁśane । anuyuñjeya medhāvī saraṁ buddhāna śāsanaṁ ।।Therefore with faith, virtue, confidence and insight into Dhamma, a sage should devote himself to the essence of the Buddhas’ dispensation.

DadantīvarggaḥThe Chapter about Giving