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Saṁyutta Nikāya — The Linked Discourses

Vol 1:
Verses
SN1-11
Vol 2:
Causation
SN12-21
Vol 3:
Aggregates
SN22-34
Vol 4:
Sense Bases
SN35-44
Vol 5:
Great Book
SN45-56

1. On Deities

V. On Fire — SN1.42: Giving What?

1“Giving what do you give strength?
Giving what do you give beauty?
Giving what do you give happiness?
Giving what do you give vision?
And who is the giver of all?
Please answer my question.”

2“Giving food you give strength.
Giving clothes you give beauty.
Giving a vehicle you give happiness.
Giving a lamp you give vision.

3And the giver of all
is the one who gives a residence.
But a person who teaches the Dhamma
gives the gift of the Deathless.”

1"Kiṁdado balado hoti,
kiṁdado hoti vaṇṇado;
Kiṁdado sukhado hoti,
kiṁdado hoti cakkhudo;
Ko ca sabbadado hoti,
taṁ me akkhāhi pucchito"ti.

2"Annado balado hoti,
vatthado hoti vaṇṇado;
Yānado sukhado hoti,
dīpado hoti cakkhudo.

3So ca sabbadado hoti,
yo dadāti upassayaṁ;
Amataṁ dado ca so hoti,
yo dhammamanusāsatī"ti.