AN 5 The Book of the Fives – Pañcakanipāta > AN 5.37 Food

Numbered Discourses 5.37 – Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.37

4. With Sumanā – 4. Sumanavagga

AN 5.37 Food – Bhojanasutta

1.1

“Bhikkhū, when a giver gives food, they give the recipients five things.

“Bhojanaṁ, bhikkhave, dadamāno dāyako paṭiggāhakānaṁ pañca ṭhānāni deti.

1.2

What five?

Katamāni pañca?

1.3

Long life, beauty, happiness, strength, and eloquence.

Āyuṁ deti, vaṇṇaṁ deti, sukhaṁ deti, balaṁ deti, paṭibhānaṁ deti.

1.4

Giving long life, they have long life as a god or human.

Āyuṁ kho pana datvā āyussa bhāgī hoti dibbassa vā mānusassa vā;

1.5

Giving beauty, they have beauty as a god or human.

vaṇṇaṁ datvā vaṇṇassa bhāgī hoti dibbassa vā mānusassa vā;

1.6

Giving happiness, they have happiness as a god or human.

sukhaṁ datvā sukhassa bhāgī hoti dibbassa vā mānusassa vā;

1.7

Giving strength, they have strength as a god or human.

balaṁ datvā balassa bhāgī hoti dibbassa vā mānusassa vā;

1.8

Giving eloquence, they are eloquent as a god or human.

paṭibhānaṁ datvā paṭibhānassa bhāgī hoti dibbassa vā mānusassa vā.

1.9

When a giver gives food, they give the recipients five things.

Bhojanaṁ, bhikkhave, dadamāno dāyako paṭiggāhakānaṁ imāni pañca ṭhānāni detīti.

2.1

A wise one is a giver of life, strength,

Āyudo balado dhīro,

2.2

beauty, and eloquence.

vaṇṇado paṭibhānado;

2.3

An intelligent giver of happiness

Sukhassa dātā medhāvī,

2.4

gains happiness in return.

sukhaṁ so adhigacchati.

3.1

Giving life, strength, beauty,

Āyuṁ datvā balaṁ vaṇṇaṁ,

3.2

happiness, and eloquence,

sukhañca paṭibhānakaṁ;

3.3

they’re long-lived and famous

Dīghāyu yasavā hoti,

3.4

wherever they’re reborn.”

yattha yatthūpapajjatī”ti.

3.5

Sattamaṁ.