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Numbered Discourses 10.74 – Aṅguttara Nikāya 10.74

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AN 10.74 Growth – Vaḍḍhisutta

 

1.1

“Bhikkhū, a noble disciple who grows in ten ways grows nobly, taking on what is essential and excellent in this life.

“Dasahi, bhikkhave, vaḍḍhīhi vaḍḍhamāno ariyasāvako ariyāya vaḍḍhiyā vaḍḍhati, sārādāyī ca hoti varādāyī kāyassa.

1.2

What ten?

Katamehi dasahi?

1.3

He grows in fields and lands, money and grain, wives and children, in bondservants, workers, and staff, and in livestock. And he grows in faith, ethics, learning, generosity, and wisdom.

Khettavatthūhi vaḍḍhati, dhanadhaññena vaḍḍhati, puttadārehi vaḍḍhati, dāsakammakaraporisehi vaḍḍhati, catuppadehi vaḍḍhati, saddhāya vaḍḍhati, sīlena vaḍḍhati, sutena vaḍḍhati, cāgena vaḍḍhati, paññāya vaḍḍhati—

1.4

A noble disciple who grows in ten ways grows nobly, taking on what is essential and excellent in this life.

imehi kho, bhikkhave, dasahi vaḍḍhīhi vaḍḍhamāno ariyasāvako ariyāya vaḍḍhiyā vaḍḍhati, sārādāyī ca hoti varādāyī kāyassāti.

2.1

Someone who grows in money and grain,

Dhanena dhaññena ca yodha vaḍḍhati,

2.2

in wives, children, and livestock,

Puttehi dārehi catuppadehi ca;

2.3

is wealthy, famous, and respected

Sa bhogavā hoti yasassi pūjito,

2.4

by relatives and friends, and even by royals.

Ñātīhi mittehi athopi rājubhi.

3.1

When someone grows in faith and ethics,

Saddhāya sīlena ca yodha vaḍḍhati,

3.2

wisdom, and both generosity and learning—

Paññāya cāgena sutena cūbhayaṁ;

3.3

a good man such as he sees clearly,

So tādiso sappuriso vicakkhaṇo,

3.4

and in the present life he grows in both ways.”

Diṭṭheva dhamme ubhayena vaḍḍhatī”ti.

3.5

 

Catutthaṁ.