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अङ्गुत्तर निकाय ८।३६
Aṅguttara Nikāya 8.36
Numbered Discourses 8.36
४। दानवग्ग
4. Dānavagga
4. Giving
पुञ्ञकिरियवत्थुसुत्त
Puññakiriyavatthusutta
Grounds for Making Merit
“तीणिमानि, भिक्खवे, पुञ्ञकिरियवत्थूनि। कतमानि तीणि? दानमयं पुञ्ञकिरियवत्थु, सीलमयं पुञ्ञकिरियवत्थु, भावनामयं पुञ्ञकिरियवत्थु।
“Tīṇimāni, bhikkhave, puññakiriyavatthūni. Katamāni tīṇi? Dānamayaṁ puññakiriyavatthu, sīlamayaṁ puññakiriyavatthu, bhāvanāmayaṁ puññakiriyavatthu.
“Bhikkhus, there are these three grounds for making merit. What three? Giving, ethical conduct, and meditation are all grounds for making merit.
इध, भिक्खवे, एकच्चस्स दानमयं पुञ्ञकिरियवत्थु परित्तं कतं होति, सीलमयं पुञ्ञकिरियवत्थु परित्तं कतं होति, भावनामयं पुञ्ञकिरियवत्थुं नाभिसम्भोति। सो कायस्स भेदा परं मरणा मनुस्सदोभग्यं उपपज्जति।
Idha, bhikkhave, ekaccassa dānamayaṁ puññakiriyavatthu parittaṁ kataṁ hoti, sīlamayaṁ puññakiriyavatthu parittaṁ kataṁ hoti, bhāvanāmayaṁ puññakiriyavatthuṁ1 nābhisambhoti. So kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā manussadobhagyaṁ upapajjati.
First, someone has practiced a little giving and ethical conduct as grounds for making merit, but they haven’t got as far as meditation as a ground for making merit. When their body breaks up, after death, they’re reborn among disadvantaged humans.
इध पन, भिक्खवे, एकच्चस्स दानमयं पुञ्ञकिरियवत्थु मत्तसो कतं होति, सीलमयं पुञ्ञकिरियवत्थु मत्तसो कतं होति, भावनामयं पुञ्ञकिरियवत्थुं नाभिसम्भोति। सो कायस्स भेदा परं मरणा मनुस्ससोभग्यं उपपज्जति।
Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekaccassa dānamayaṁ puññakiriyavatthu mattaso kataṁ hoti, sīlamayaṁ puññakiriyavatthu mattaso kataṁ hoti, bhāvanāmayaṁ puññakiriyavatthuṁ nābhisambhoti. So kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā manussasobhagyaṁ upapajjati.
Next, someone has practiced a moderate amount of giving and ethical conduct as grounds for making merit, but they haven’t got as far as meditation as a ground for making merit. When their body breaks up, after death, they’re reborn among well-off humans.
इध पन, भिक्खवे, एकच्चस्स दानमयं पुञ्ञकिरियवत्थु अधिमत्तं कतं होति, सीलमयं पुञ्ञकिरियवत्थु अधिमत्तं कतं होति, भावनामयं पुञ्ञकिरियवत्थुं नाभिसम्भोति। सो कायस्स भेदा परं मरणा चातुमहाराजिकानं देवानं सहब्यतं उपपज्जति। तत्र, भिक्खवे, चत्तारो महाराजानो दानमयं पुञ्ञकिरियवत्थुं अतिरेकं करित्वा, सीलमयं पुञ्ञकिरियवत्थुं अतिरेकं करित्वा, चातुमहाराजिके देवे दसहि ठानेहि अधिगण्हन्ति—दिब्बेन आयुना, दिब्बेन वण्णेन, दिब्बेन सुखेन, दिब्बेन यसेन, दिब्बेन आधिपतेय्येन, दिब्बेहि रूपेहि, दिब्बेहि सद्देहि, दिब्बेहि गन्धेहि, दिब्बेहि रसेहि, दिब्बेहि फोट्ठब्बेहि।
Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekaccassa dānamayaṁ puññakiriyavatthu adhimattaṁ kataṁ hoti, sīlamayaṁ puññakiriyavatthu adhimattaṁ kataṁ hoti, bhāvanāmayaṁ puññakiriyavatthuṁ nābhisambhoti. So kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā cātumahārājikānaṁ devānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjati. Tatra, bhikkhave, cattāro mahārājāno dānamayaṁ puññakiriyavatthuṁ atirekaṁ karitvā, sīlamayaṁ puññakiriyavatthuṁ atirekaṁ karitvā, cātumahārājike deve dasahi ṭhānehi adhigaṇhanti—dibbena āyunā, dibbena vaṇṇena, dibbena sukhena, dibbena yasena, dibbena ādhipateyyena, dibbehi rūpehi, dibbehi saddehi, dibbehi gandhehi, dibbehi rasehi, dibbehi phoṭṭhabbehi.
Next, someone has practiced a lot of giving and ethical conduct as grounds for making merit, but they haven’t got as far as meditation as a ground for making merit. When their body breaks up, after death, they’re reborn in the company of the Gods of the Four Great Kings. There, the Four Great Kings themselves have practiced giving and ethical conduct as grounds for making merit to a greater degree than the other gods. So they surpass them in ten respects: divine life span, beauty, happiness, glory, sovereignty, sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and touches.
इध पन, भिक्खवे, एकच्चस्स दानमयं पुञ्ञकिरियवत्थु अधिमत्तं कतं होति, सीलमयं पुञ्ञकिरियवत्थु अधिमत्तं कतं होति, भावनामयं पुञ्ञकिरियवत्थुं नाभिसम्भोति। सो कायस्स भेदा परं मरणा तावतिंसानं देवानं सहब्यतं उपपज्जति। तत्र, भिक्खवे, सक्को देवानमिन्दो दानमयं पुञ्ञकिरियवत्थुं अतिरेकं करित्वा सीलमयं पुञ्ञकिरियवत्थुं अतिरेकं करित्वा तावतिंसे देवे दसहि ठानेहि अधिगण्हाति—दिब्बेन आयुना …पे… दिब्बेहि फोट्ठब्बेहि।
Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekaccassa dānamayaṁ puññakiriyavatthu adhimattaṁ kataṁ hoti, sīlamayaṁ puññakiriyavatthu adhimattaṁ kataṁ hoti, bhāvanāmayaṁ puññakiriyavatthuṁ nābhisambhoti. So kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā tāvatiṁsānaṁ devānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjati. Tatra, bhikkhave, sakko devānamindo dānamayaṁ puññakiriyavatthuṁ atirekaṁ karitvā sīlamayaṁ puññakiriyavatthuṁ atirekaṁ karitvā tāvatiṁse deve dasahi ṭhānehi adhigaṇhāti—dibbena āyunā …pe… dibbehi phoṭṭhabbehi.
Next, someone has practiced a lot of giving and ethical conduct as grounds for making merit, but they haven’t got as far as meditation as a ground for making merit. When their body breaks up, after death, they’re reborn in the company of the Gods of the Thirty-Three. There, Sakka, lord of gods, has practiced giving and ethical conduct as grounds for making merit to a greater degree than the other gods. So he surpasses them in ten respects …
इध पन, भिक्खवे, एकच्चस्स दानमयं पुञ्ञकिरियवत्थु अधिमत्तं कतं होति, सीलमयं पुञ्ञकिरियवत्थु अधिमत्तं कतं होति, भावनामयं पुञ्ञकिरियवत्थुं नाभिसम्भोति। सो कायस्स भेदा परं मरणा यामानं देवानं सहब्यतं उपपज्जति। तत्र, भिक्खवे, सुयामो देवपुत्तो दानमयं पुञ्ञकिरियवत्थुं अतिरेकं करित्वा, सीलमयं पुञ्ञकिरियवत्थुं अतिरेकं करित्वा, यामे देवे दसहि ठानेहि अधिगण्हाति—दिब्बेन आयुना …पे… दिब्बेहि फोट्ठब्बेहि।
Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekaccassa dānamayaṁ puññakiriyavatthu adhimattaṁ kataṁ hoti, sīlamayaṁ puññakiriyavatthu adhimattaṁ kataṁ hoti, bhāvanāmayaṁ puññakiriyavatthuṁ nābhisambhoti. So kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā yāmānaṁ devānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjati. Tatra, bhikkhave, suyāmo devaputto dānamayaṁ puññakiriyavatthuṁ atirekaṁ karitvā, sīlamayaṁ puññakiriyavatthuṁ atirekaṁ karitvā, yāme deve dasahi ṭhānehi adhigaṇhāti—dibbena āyunā …pe… dibbehi phoṭṭhabbehi.
Next, someone has practiced a lot of giving and ethical conduct as grounds for making merit, but they haven’t got as far as meditation as a ground for making merit. When their body breaks up, after death, they’re reborn in the company of the Gods of Yama. There, the god Suyāma has practiced giving and ethical conduct as grounds for making merit to a greater degree than the other gods. So he surpasses them in ten respects …
इध पन, भिक्खवे, एकच्चस्स दानमयं पुञ्ञकिरियवत्थु अधिमत्तं कतं होति, सीलमयं पुञ्ञकिरियवत्थु अधिमत्तं कतं होति, भावनामयं पुञ्ञकिरियवत्थुं नाभिसम्भोति। सो कायस्स भेदा परं मरणा तुसितानं देवानं सहब्यतं उपपज्जति। तत्र, भिक्खवे, सन्तुसितो देवपुत्तो दानमयं पुञ्ञकिरियवत्थुं अतिरेकं करित्वा, सीलमयं पुञ्ञकिरियवत्थुं अतिरेकं करित्वा, तुसिते देवे दसहि ठानेहि अधिगण्हाति—दिब्बेन आयुना …पे… दिब्बेहि फोट्ठब्बेहि।
Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekaccassa dānamayaṁ puññakiriyavatthu adhimattaṁ kataṁ hoti, sīlamayaṁ puññakiriyavatthu adhimattaṁ kataṁ hoti, bhāvanāmayaṁ puññakiriyavatthuṁ nābhisambhoti. So kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā tusitānaṁ devānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjati. Tatra, bhikkhave, santusito devaputto dānamayaṁ puññakiriyavatthuṁ atirekaṁ karitvā, sīlamayaṁ puññakiriyavatthuṁ atirekaṁ karitvā, tusite deve dasahi ṭhānehi adhigaṇhāti—dibbena āyunā …pe… dibbehi phoṭṭhabbehi.
Next, someone has practiced a lot of giving and ethical conduct as grounds for making merit, but they haven’t got as far as meditation as a ground for making merit. When their body breaks up, after death, they’re reborn in the company of the Joyful Gods. There, the god Santusita has practiced giving and ethical conduct as grounds for making merit to a greater degree than the other gods. So he surpasses them in ten respects …
इध पन, भिक्खवे, एकच्चस्स दानमयं पुञ्ञकिरियवत्थु अधिमत्तं कतं होति, सीलमयं पुञ्ञकिरियवत्थु अधिमत्तं कतं होति, भावनामयं पुञ्ञकिरियवत्थुं नाभिसम्भोति। सो कायस्स भेदा परं मरणा निम्मानरतीनं देवानं सहब्यतं उपपज्जति। तत्र, भिक्खवे, सुनिम्मितो देवपुत्तो दानमयं पुञ्ञकिरियवत्थुं अतिरेकं करित्वा, सीलमयं पुञ्ञकिरियवत्थुं अतिरेकं करित्वा, निम्मानरतीदेवे दसहि ठानेहि अधिगण्हाति—दिब्बेन आयुना …पे… दिब्बेहि फोट्ठब्बेहि।
Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekaccassa dānamayaṁ puññakiriyavatthu adhimattaṁ kataṁ hoti, sīlamayaṁ puññakiriyavatthu adhimattaṁ kataṁ hoti, bhāvanāmayaṁ puññakiriyavatthuṁ nābhisambhoti. So kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā nimmānaratīnaṁ devānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjati. Tatra, bhikkhave, sunimmito devaputto dānamayaṁ puññakiriyavatthuṁ atirekaṁ karitvā, sīlamayaṁ puññakiriyavatthuṁ atirekaṁ karitvā, nimmānaratīdeve dasahi ṭhānehi adhigaṇhāti—dibbena āyunā …pe… dibbehi phoṭṭhabbehi.
Next, someone has practiced a lot of giving and ethical conduct as grounds for making merit, but they haven’t got as far as meditation as a ground for making merit. When their body breaks up, after death, they’re reborn in the company of the Gods Who Love to Create. There, the god Sunimmita has practiced giving and ethical conduct as grounds for making merit to a greater degree than the other gods. So he surpasses them in ten respects …
इध पन, भिक्खवे, एकच्चस्स दानमयं पुञ्ञकिरियवत्थु अधिमत्तं कतं होति, सीलमयं पुञ्ञकिरियवत्थु अधिमत्तं कतं होति, भावनामयं पुञ्ञकिरियवत्थुं नाभिसम्भोति। सो कायस्स भेदा परं मरणा परनिम्मितवसवत्तीनं देवानं सहब्यतं उपपज्जति। तत्र, भिक्खवे, वसवत्ती देवपुत्तो दानमयं पुञ्ञकिरियवत्थुं अतिरेकं करित्वा, सीलमयं पुञ्ञकिरियवत्थुं अतिरेकं करित्वा, परनिम्मितवसवत्तीदेवे दसहि ठानेहि अधिगण्हाति—दिब्बेन आयुना, दिब्बेन वण्णेन, दिब्बेन सुखेन, दिब्बेन यसेन, दिब्बेन आधिपतेय्येन, दिब्बेहि रूपेहि, दिब्बेहि सद्देहि, दिब्बेहि गन्धेहि, दिब्बेहि रसेहि, दिब्बेहि फोट्ठब्बेहि।
Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekaccassa dānamayaṁ puññakiriyavatthu adhimattaṁ kataṁ hoti, sīlamayaṁ puññakiriyavatthu adhimattaṁ kataṁ hoti, bhāvanāmayaṁ puññakiriyavatthuṁ nābhisambhoti. So kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā paranimmitavasavattīnaṁ devānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjati. Tatra, bhikkhave, vasavattī devaputto dānamayaṁ puññakiriyavatthuṁ atirekaṁ karitvā, sīlamayaṁ puññakiriyavatthuṁ atirekaṁ karitvā, paranimmitavasavattīdeve dasahi ṭhānehi adhigaṇhāti—dibbena āyunā, dibbena vaṇṇena, dibbena sukhena, dibbena yasena, dibbena ādhipateyyena, dibbehi rūpehi, dibbehi saddehi, dibbehi gandhehi, dibbehi rasehi, dibbehi phoṭṭhabbehi.
Next, someone has practiced a lot of giving and ethical conduct as grounds for making merit, but they haven’t got as far as meditation as a ground for making merit. When their body breaks up, after death, they’re reborn in the company of the Gods Who Control the Creations of Others. There, the god Vasavattī has practiced giving and ethical conduct as grounds for making merit to a greater degree than the other gods. So he surpasses them in ten respects: divine life span, beauty, happiness, glory, sovereignty, sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and touches.
इमानि खो, भिक्खवे, तीणि पुञ्ञकिरियवत्थूनी”ति।
Imāni kho, bhikkhave, tīṇi puññakiriyavatthūnī”ti.
These are the three grounds for making merit.”
छट्ठं।
Chaṭṭhaṁ.
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