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Itivuttaka 75

Avuṭṭhikasutta

A Rainless Cloud · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral

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said·thisVuttañhetaṁ by the Blessed Onebhagavatā said + perfected·quotation markervuttamarahatāti by meme heardsutaṁ:

This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.

three + these“Tayome, mendicantsbhikkhave, individualspuggalā beingsanto together·know·middlesaṁvijjamānā in the worldlokasmiṁ.
whatKatame threetayo?
not·rain·likeAvuṭṭhikasamo, locality·rainingpadesavassī, everywhere·rainingsabbatthābhivassī.

“Mendicants, these three individuals are found in the world. What three? One like a rainless cloud, one who rains locally, one who rains all over.

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 how is an individual like a rainless cloud? It’s when an individual doesn’t give to anyone at all—whether ascetics and brahmins, paupers, vagrants, supplicants, or beggars—such things as food, drink, clothing, vehicles; garlands, fragrance, and makeup; and bed, house, and lighting. That’s how an individual is like a rainless cloud.

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.

And how does an individual rain locally? It’s when an individual gives to some but not to others—whether ascetics and brahmins, paupers, vagrants, supplicants, or beggars—such things as food, drink, clothing, vehicles; garlands, fragrance, and makeup; and bed, house, and lighting. That’s how an individual rains locally.

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:

And how does an individual rain all over? It’s when an individual gives to everyone—whether ascetics and brahmins, paupers, vagrants, supplicants, or beggars—such things as food, drink, clothing, vehicles; garlands, fragrance, and makeup; and bed, house, and lighting. That’s how an individual rains all over. These are the three individuals found in the world.” The Buddha spoke this matter. On this it is said:

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.

“They don’t share the food and drink they have acquired with ascetics or brahmins, with paupers, vagrants, or supplicants. They’re like a rainless cloud, they say, the meanest of men.

to someEkaccānaṁ notna givedadāti,
to someekaccānaṁ forth·forth·givepavecchati;
theyTaṁ indeedve local·rainerpadesavassīti,
sayāhu wisemedhāvino peoplejanā.

They don’t give to some, to some they provide. They rain locally, so say the wise.

good·food·speechSubhikkhavāco personpuriso,
compassionate for all beingssabbabhūtānukampako;
joyfullyĀmodamāno distributespakireti,
givedetha saying, ‘Give!’dethāti speaksbhāsati.

Compassionate for all beings, that person distributes abundant food upon request, saying, ‘Give! Give!’

just asYathāpi a cloudmegho thunder·having donethanayitvā,
roar·having donegajjayitvā forth·rainpavassati;
the uplandThalaṁ valley + andninnañca fillspūreti,
drenching + as ifabhisandantova with watervārinā.

The rain cloud rains forth, having thundered and roared, drenching the earth with water, soaking the uplands and valleys.

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.

Even so, such an individual, having accumulated wealth by legitimate means, through their own hard work, rightly satisfies with food and drink those who have become supplicants.”

this·tooAyampi matterattho spokenvutto by the Blessed Onebhagavatā, thusiti by meme was heardsutanti.
the sixthChaṭṭhaṁ.

This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.

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