The Benefits of Love · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral
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said·thisVuttañhetaṁ by the Blessed Onebhagavatā said·Perfected Onevuttamarahatāti by meme heardsutaṁ:
do not“Mā,
O mendicantsbhikkhave,
of good deedspuññānaṁ
fearbhāyittha.
happiness + thisSukhassetaṁ,
O mendicantsbhikkhave,
a termadhivacanaṁ
for what is likableiṭṭhassa
for what is desirablekantassa
for what is agreeablepiyassa
for what is pleasingmanāpassa
that + thisyadidaṁ
good deedspuññāni.
directly·knowAbhijānāmi
indeedkho
and + Ipanāhaṁ,
O mendicantsbhikkhave,
long·timedīgharattaṁ
of performedkatānaṁ
of good deedspuññānaṁ
likableiṭṭhaṁ
desirablekantaṁ
agreeablepiyaṁ
pleasingmanāpaṁ
resultvipākaṁ
undergonepaccanubhūtaṁ.
sevenSatta
yearsvassāni
love·mindmettacittaṁ
having developedbhāvetvā
sevensatta
contracting·expanding·eonsaṁvaṭṭavivaṭṭakappe
not·thisnayimaṁ
worldlokaṁ
I came againpunarāgamāsiṁ.
while contractingSaṁvaṭṭamāne
thensudaṁ,
O mendicantsbhikkhave,
in the eonkappe
gone to the realm of sublime luminosityābhassarūpago
I amhomi;
while expandingvivaṭṭamāne
in the eonkappe
emptysuññaṁ
divinity·mansionbrahmavimānaṁ
I am rebornupapajjāmi.
thereTatra
indeedsudaṁ,
monksbhikkhave,
Brahmabrahmā
I amhomi
great·Brahmamahābrahmā
vanquisherabhibhū
not·vanquishedanabhibhūto
universal seeraññadatthudaso
wielder of powervasavattī.
thirty-six·timesChattiṁsakkhattuṁ
indeedkho
and Ipanāhaṁ,
monksbhikkhave,
Sakkasakko
I wasahosiṁ
lord of godsdevānamindo;
many·hundred·timesanekasatakkhattuṁ
kingrājā
I wasahosiṁ
wheel-turning monarchcakkavattī
righteousdhammiko
dhamma·kingdhammarājā
whose dominion extended to all four sidescāturanto
victoriousvijitāvī
achieved stability in the countryjanapadatthāvariyappatto
possessed of the seven treasuressattaratanasamannāgato.
whatKo
thenpana
to be saidvādo
of regional kingshippadesarajjassa.
of thatTassa
to memayhaṁ,
monksbhikkhave,
this·giveetadahosi:
of what‘kissa
thennu
indeedkho
of mineme
thisidaṁ
of deedkammassa
the fruitphalaṁ,
of whatkissa
of deedkammassa
the resultvipāko,
whereby Iyenāhaṁ
nowetarahi
such + of great powerevaṁmahiddhiko
of such great majestyevaṁmahānubhāvo’ti?
of thatTassa
to memayhaṁ,
monksbhikkhave,
this·giveetadahosi:
of three‘tiṇṇaṁ
indeedkho
of mineme
thisidaṁ
of deedskammānaṁ
the fruitphalaṁ,
of threetiṇṇaṁ
of deedskammānaṁ
the resultvipāko,
whereby Iyenāhaṁ
nowetarahi
such + of great powerevaṁmahiddhiko
such + of great majestyevaṁmahānubhāvoti,
that is to sayseyyathidaṁ—
of givingdānassa,
of self-controldamassa,
of restraintsaññamassā’”ti.
this + matterEtamatthaṁ
the Blessed Onebhagavā
spokeavoca.
there + thisTatthetaṁ
thusiti
is saidvuccati:
good deeds indeed“Puññameva
heso
should practicesikkheyya,
stretched·topāyataggaṁ
happy outcomesukhudrayaṁ;
giving·andDānañca
moral-conduct·andsamacariyañca,
love·mind·andmettacittañca
developingbhāvaye.
theseEte
thingsdhamme
having developedbhāvayitvā,
threetayo
yielding happinesssukhasamuddaye;
pleasingAbyāpajjaṁ
happysukhaṁ
worldlokaṁ,
astute onepaṇḍito
is rebornupapajjatī”ti.
this·tooAyampi
matterattho
spokenvutto
by the Blessed Onebhagavatā,
thusiti
by meme
was heardsutanti.
the secondDutiyaṁ.
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