1“Mendicants, these eight people are worthy of offerings dedicated to the gods, worthy of hospitality, worthy of a religious donation, worthy of greeting with joined palms, and are the supreme field of merit for the world. What eight? The stream-enterer and the one practicing to realize the fruit of stream-entry. The once-returner and the one practicing to realize the fruit of once-return. The non-returner and the one practicing to realize the fruit of non-return. The perfected one, and the one practicing for perfection. These are the eight people who are worthy of offerings dedicated to the gods, worthy of hospitality, worthy of a religious donation, worthy of greeting with joined palms, and are the supreme field of merit for the world.

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2Four practicing the path,
and four established in the fruit.
This is the exalted Saṅgha,
the eight people among sentient beings.

3For humans, those merit-seeking creatures,
who sponsor sacrifices,
making merit with attachments,
what’s given here is very fruitful.”

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1"Aṭṭhime, bhikkhave, puggalā āhuneyyā … pe … anuttaraṁ puññakkhettaṁ lokassa. Katame aṭṭha? Sotāpanno, sotāpattiphalasacchikiriyāya paṭipanno … pe … arahā, arahattāya paṭipanno. Ime kho, bhikkhave, aṭṭha puggalā āhuneyyā … pe … anuttaraṁ puññakkhettaṁ lokassāti.

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2Cattāro ca paṭipannā,
cattāro ca phale ṭhitā;
Esa saṅgho samukkaṭṭho,
sattānaṁ aṭṭha puggalā.

3Yajamānānaṁ manussānaṁ,
puññapekkhāna pāṇinaṁ;
Karotaṁ opadhikaṁ puññaṁ,
ettha dinnaṁ mahapphalan"ti.

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Dasamaṁ.

Gotamīvaggo paṭhamo.

4Gotamī ovādaṁ saṅkhittaṁ,
dīghajāṇu ca ujjayo;
Bhayā dve āhuneyyā ca,
dve ca aṭṭha puggalāti.