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  • PetavatthuBuddhist Ghost Stories
  • UragavaggaThe Snake Chapter

1. Khettūpamapetavatthu1. The Simile of the Field

Namo tassa Bhagavato Arahato Sammāsambuddhassa.Homage to the Blessed, Noble, and Perfectly Enlightened One.

“Khettūpamā arahanto, dāyakā kassakūpamā;Arahants are like fields, donors are like farmers, Bījūpamaṁ deyyadhammaṁ, etto nibbattate phalaṁ.
etto → ogho (sya-all note) | etto → R ogho (pts note)
A gift is like a seed, and from this, the fruit grows.

Etaṁ bījaṁ kasi khettaṁ, petānaṁ dāyakassa ca;
kasi → kasī (bj, pts) | bījaṁ → oghabījaṁ (sya-all note) | Etaṁ → R ogha- (pts note) | kasī → B, N kasi; R, T kasī- (pts note)
The seed is sown in the field, for the benefit of the departed and the donor.
Taṁ petā paribhuñjanti, dātā puññena vaḍḍhati.The departed feed from it, and the donor grows in merit.

Idheva kusalaṁ katvā, pete ca paṭipūjiya;
paṭipūjiya → R -pūjayaṁ; (B1) -pūjaya (pts note)
Having done what's wholesome in this way, you honor the departed.
Saggañca kamatiṭṭhānaṁ, kammaṁ katvāna bhaddakan”ti.
kamatiṭṭhānaṁ → kamati ṭhānaṁ (sya1ed, sya2ed); gamati (mr) | kamati → gamati (cck: ka.) | kamati → (K), (B2) gamati (pts note) | ṭṭhānaṁ → R, T, PvA(B, R) ṭhānaṁ (pts note)
Having made good karma, one goes to the ground of heaven.

Khettūpamapetavatthu paṭhamaṁ.
paṭhamaṁ → paṭhamaṁ, dutiyaṁ etc. are added to the title at the end of the vatthu as in B, N, (P), T to indicate which number of the vagga each piece is. C, R have it indicated at the head. (pts note)
This is the first (Discourse), The Simile of the Field.

Principles · Rationale · Glossary · 6 Pali editions