Dighanikaya 23.438

23.438

Saṅghātaṃ āpajjantīti saṅghātaṃ vināsaṃ maraṇaṃ āpajjanti. Na mahapphaloti vipākaphalena na mahapphalo hoti. Na mahānisaṃsoti guṇānisaṃsena mahānisaṃso na hoti. Na mahājutikoti ānubhāvajutiyā mahājutiko na hoti. Na mahāvipphāroti vipākavipphāratāya mahāvipphāro na hoti. Bījanaṅgalanti bījañca naṅgalañca. Dukkhetteti duṭṭhukhette nissārakhette. Dubbhūmeti visamabhūmibhāge. Patiṭṭhāpeyyāti ṭhapeyya. Khaṇḍānīti chinnabhinnāni. Pūtīnīti nissārāni. Vātātapahatānīti vātena ca ātapena ca hatāni pariyādinnatejāni. Asārādānīti taṇḍulasārādānarahitāni palālāni. Asukhasayitānīti yāni sukkhāpetvā koṭṭhe ākiritvā ṭhapitāni, tāni sukhasayitāni nāma. Etāni pana na tādisāni. Anuppaveccheyyāti anupaveseyya, na sammā vasseyya, anvaddhamāsaṃ anudasāhaṃ anupañcāhaṃ na vasseyyāti attho. Api nu tānīti api nu evaṃ khettabījavuṭṭhidose sati tāni bījāni aṅkuramūlapattādīhi uddhaṃ vuddhiṃ heṭṭhā virūḷhiṃ samantato ca vepullaṃ āpajjeyyunti. Evarūpo kho rājañña yaññoti evarūpaṃ rājañña dānaṃ parūpaghātena uppāditapaccayatopi dāyakatopi pariggāhakatopi avisuddhattā na mahapphalaṃ hoti.

"Fall into destruction" means they fall into ruin, death. "Not of great fruit" means not bearing great fruit by way of result. "Not of great benefit" means not having great benefit by way of virtue. "Not of great splendor" means not possessing great splendor by way of majesty. "Not of great diffusion" means not of great diffusion because of the expansiveness of the result. "Seed and plow" means both seed and plow. "In a poor field" means in a bad field, a barren field. "On rugged soil" means on an uneven tract of ground. "Should plant" means should place. "Broken" means cut and fractured. "Rotten" means devoid of essence. "Damaged by wind and heat" means struck by wind and heat, with their vigor completely consumed. "Without essence" means chaff destitute of the pith of husked grain. "Not well preserved" means those that have been dried and stored, poured into a granary, are called 'well preserved'; but these were not like that. "Would send down" means would let fall; the meaning is: it would not rain properly, not raining every half-month, every ten days, or every five days. "Would they..." means, indeed, when there are such defects in the field, seed, and rain, would those seeds attain growth upwards in shoots, roots, and leaves, downward development, and fullness in all respects? "Such is a sacrifice, chieftain" means: such a gift, chieftain, because of the impurity of the requisites obtained by harming others, of the donor, and of the recipient, is not of great fruit.