A Rainless Cloud · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral
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said·thisVuttañhetaṁ by the Blessed Onebhagavatā said + perfected·quotation markervuttamarahatāti by meme heardsutaṁ:
three + these“Tayome,
mendicantsbhikkhave,
individualspuggalā
beingsanto
together·know·middlesaṁvijjamānā
in the worldlokasmiṁ.
whatKatame
threetayo?
not·rain·likeAvuṭṭhikasamo,
locality·rainingpadesavassī,
everywhere·rainingsabbatthābhivassī.
and howKathañca,
monksbhikkhave,
an individualpuggalo
rainless·likeavuṭṭhikasamo
ishoti?
hereIdha,
monksbhikkhave,
someekacco
individualpuggalo
to absolutely everyonesabbesaññeva
notna
a giverdātā
ishoti,
ascetic·brahmin·pauper·vagrant·beggarsamaṇabrāhmaṇakapaṇaddhikavanibbakayācakānaṁ
foodannaṁ
drinkpānaṁ
clothingvatthaṁ
vehiclesyānaṁ
garland·fragrance·makeupmālāgandhavilepanaṁ
bed, house, and lightingseyyāvasathapadīpeyyaṁ.
thusEvaṁ
indeedkho,
monksbhikkhave,
an individualpuggalo
rainless·likeavuṭṭhikasamo
ishoti.
and howKathañca,
monksbhikkhave,
an individualpuggalo
region·rainingpadesavassī
ishoti?
hereIdha,
monksbhikkhave,
someekacco
individualpuggalo
to someekaccānaṁ
a giverdātā
ishoti,
to someekaccānaṁ
notna
a giverdātā
ishoti
to ascetics and brahmins, paupers, vagrants, supplicants, and beggarssamaṇabrāhmaṇakapaṇaddhikavanibbakayācakānaṁ
foodannaṁ
drinkpānaṁ
clothingvatthaṁ
vehiclesyānaṁ
garlands, fragrance, and makeupmālāgandhavilepanaṁ
bed, house, and lightingseyyāvasathapadīpeyyaṁ.
thusEvaṁ
indeedkho,
monksbhikkhave,
an individualpuggalo
region·rainingpadesavassī
ishoti.
how + andKathañca,
monksbhikkhave,
an individualpuggalo
rains all oversabbatthābhivassī
is?hoti?
hereIdha,
monksbhikkhave,
someekacco
individualpuggalo
all + indeedsabbesaṁva
givesdeti,
ascetic + brahmin + pauper + vagrant + beggarsamaṇabrāhmaṇakapaṇaddhikavanibbakayācakānaṁ
foodannaṁ
drinkpānaṁ
clothingvatthaṁ
vehiclesyānaṁ
garland·fragrance·makeupmālāgandhavilepanaṁ
bed, house, and lightingseyyāvasathapadīpeyyaṁ.
thusEvaṁ
indeedkho,
monksbhikkhave,
an individualpuggalo
rains all oversabbatthābhivassī
is.hoti.
theseIme
indeedkho,
monksbhikkhave,
threetayo
individualspuggalā
existingsanto
foundsaṁvijjamānā
in the worldlokasmin”ti.
this·matterEtamatthaṁ
the Blessed Onebhagavā
spokeavoca.
there + thisTatthetaṁ
thusiti
it is said:vuccati:
not“Na
with asceticssamaṇe
norna
with brahminsbrāhmaṇe,
norNa
pauper·vagrant·supplicantkapaṇaddhikavanibbake;
having acquiredLaddhāna
together·apart·sharesaṁvibhājeti,
foodAnnaṁ
drink·andpānañca
foodbhojanaṁ;
that oneTaṁ
indeedve
like a rainless cloudavuṭṭhikasamoti,
they sayĀhu
himnaṁ
man·meanestpurisādhamaṁ.
to someEkaccānaṁ
notna
givedadāti,
to someekaccānaṁ
forth·forth·givepavecchati;
theyTaṁ
indeedve
local·rainerpadesavassīti,
sayāhu
wisemedhāvino
peoplejanā.
good·food·speechSubhikkhavāco
personpuriso,
compassionate for all beingssabbabhūtānukampako;
joyfullyĀmodamāno
distributespakireti,
givedetha
saying, ‘Give!’dethāti
speaksbhāsati.
just asYathāpi
a cloudmegho
thunder·having donethanayitvā,
roar·having donegajjayitvā
forth·rainpavassati;
the uplandThalaṁ
valley + andninnañca
fillspūreti,
drenching + as ifabhisandantova
with watervārinā.
thus·justEvamevaṁ
here some personidhekacco,
individualpuggalo
ishoti
suchtādiso;
by legitimate meansDhammena
having accumulatedsaṁharitvāna,
acquired by effortuṭṭhānādhigataṁ
wealthdhanaṁ;
satisfiesTappeti
with food and drinkannapānena,
rightlysammā
those who have becomepatte
supplicantsvanibbake”ti.
this·tooAyampi
matterattho
spokenvutto
by the Blessed Onebhagavatā,
thusiti
by meme
was heardsutanti.
the sixthChaṭṭhaṁ.
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