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අඞ්ගුත්තර නිකාය 4.134
Numbered Discourses 4.134
14. පුග්ගලවග්ග
14. Persons
උට්ඨානඵලසුත්ත
The Fruits of Initiative
“චත්තාරෝමේ, භික්ඛවේ, පුග්ගලා සන්තෝ සංවිජ්ජමානා ලෝකස්මිං. කතමේ චත්තාරෝ?
“These four people are found in the world. What four?
උට්ඨානඵලූපජීවී න කම්මඵලූපජීවී,
One who lives off the fruit of initiative, but not deeds;
කම්මඵලූපජීවී න උට්ඨානඵලූපජීවී,
one who lives off the fruit of deeds, but not initiative;
උට්ඨානඵලූපජීවී චේව කම්මඵලූපජීවී ච,
one who lives off the fruit of both deeds and initiative;
නේව උට්ඨානඵලූපජීවී න කම්මඵලූපජීවී—
one who lives off the fruit of neither initiative nor deeds.
ඉමේ ඛෝ, භික්ඛවේ, චත්තාරෝ පුග්ගලා සන්තෝ සංවිජ්ජමානා ලෝකස්මින්”ති.
These are the four people found in the world.”
චතුත්ථං.
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