With Pāyāsi 32.1-23

32.1

Atha kho pāyāsi rājañño dānaṃ paṭṭhapesi samaṇabrāhmaṇakapaṇaddhikavaṇibbakayācakānaṃ.

Then the chieftain Pāyāsi set up an offering for ascetics and brahmins, for paupers, vagrants, supplicants, and beggars.

32.2

Tasmiṃ kho pana dāne evarūpaṃ bhojanaṃ dīyati kaṇājakaṃ bilaṅgadutiyaṃ, dhorakāni ca vatthāni guḷavālakāni.

At that offering such food as sour gruel with false black pepper was given, and rough clothes with knotted fringes.

32.3

Tasmiṃ kho pana dāne uttaro nāma māṇavo vāvaṭo ahosi.

Now, it was a student named Uttara who organized that offering.

32.4

So dānaṃ datvā evaṃ anuddisati:

When the offering was over he referred to it like this,

32.5

“imināhaṃ dānena pāyāsiṃ rājaññameva imasmiṃ loke samāgacchiṃ, mā parasmin”ti.

“Through this offering may I be together with the chieftain Pāyāsi in this world, but not in the next.”

32.6

Assosi kho pāyāsi rājañño:

Pāyāsi heard of this,

32.7

“uttaro kira māṇavo dānaṃ datvā evaṃ anuddisati:

32.8

‘imināhaṃ dānena pāyāsiṃ rājaññameva imasmiṃ loke samāgacchiṃ, mā parasmin’”ti.

32.9

Atha kho pāyāsi rājañño uttaraṃ māṇavaṃ āmantāpetvā etadavoca:

so he summoned Uttara and said,

32.10

“saccaṃ kira tvaṃ, tāta uttara, dānaṃ datvā evaṃ anuddisasi:

“Is it really true, dear Uttara, that you referred to the offering in this way?”

32.11

‘imināhaṃ dānena pāyāsiṃ rājaññameva imasmiṃ loke samāgacchiṃ, mā parasmin’”ti?

32.12

“Evaṃ, bho”.

“Yes, worthy sir.”

32.13

“Kissa pana tvaṃ, tāta uttara, dānaṃ datvā evaṃ anuddisasi:

“But why?

32.14

‘imināhaṃ dānena pāyāsiṃ rājaññameva imasmiṃ loke samāgacchiṃ, mā parasmin’ti?

32.15

Nanu mayaṃ, tāta uttara, puññatthikā dānasseva phalaṃ pāṭikaṅkhino”ti?

Don’t we who seek merit expect some result from the offering?”

32.16

“Bhoto kho dāne evarūpaṃ bhojanaṃ dīyati kaṇājakaṃ bilaṅgadutiyaṃ, yaṃ bhavaṃ pādāpi na iccheyya samphusituṃ, kuto bhuñjituṃ, dhorakāni ca vatthāni guḷavālakāni, yāni bhavaṃ pādāpi na iccheyya samphusituṃ, kuto paridahituṃ.

“At your offering such food as sour gruel with false black pepper was given, which you wouldn’t even want to touch with your foot, much less eat. And also rough clothes with knotted fringes, which you also wouldn’t want to touch with your foot, much less wear.

32.17

Bhavaṃ kho panamhākaṃ piyo manāpo, kathaṃ mayaṃ manāpaṃ amanāpena saṃyojemā”ti?

Worthy sir, you’re dear and beloved to me. But how can I reconcile one so dear with something so disagreeable?”

32.18

“Tena hi tvaṃ, tāta uttara, yādisāhaṃ bhojanaṃ bhuñjāmi, tādisaṃ bhojanaṃ paṭṭhapehi.

“Well then, dear Uttara, set up an offering with the same kind of food that I eat,

32.19

Yādisāni cāhaṃ vatthāni paridahāmi, tādisāni ca vatthāni paṭṭhapehī”ti.

and the same kind of clothes that I wear.”

32.20

“Evaṃ, bho”ti kho uttaro māṇavo pāyāsissa rājaññassa paṭissutvā yādisaṃ bhojanaṃ pāyāsi rājañño bhuñjati, tādisaṃ bhojanaṃ paṭṭhapesi.

“Yes, worthy sir,” replied Uttara, and did so.

32.21

Yādisāni ca vatthāni pāyāsi rājañño paridahati, tādisāni ca vatthāni paṭṭhapesi.

32.22

Atha kho pāyāsi rājañño asakkaccaṃ dānaṃ datvā asahatthā dānaṃ datvā acittīkataṃ dānaṃ datvā apaviddhaṃ dānaṃ datvā kāyassa bhedā paraṃ maraṇā cātumahārājikānaṃ devānaṃ sahabyataṃ upapajji suññaṃ serīsakaṃ vimānaṃ.

So the chieftain Pāyāsi gave gifts carelessly, thoughtlessly, not with his own hands, giving the dregs. When his body broke up, after death, he was reborn in company with the gods of the four great kings, in an empty palace of sirisa wood.

32.23

Yo pana tassa dāne vāvaṭo ahosi uttaro nāma māṇavo. So sakkaccaṃ dānaṃ datvā sahatthā dānaṃ datvā cittīkataṃ dānaṃ datvā anapaviddhaṃ dānaṃ datvā kāyassa bhedā paraṃ maraṇā sugatiṃ saggaṃ lokaṃ upapajji devānaṃ tāvatiṃsānaṃ sahabyataṃ.

But the student Uttara who organized the offering gave gifts carefully, thoughtfully, with his own hands, not giving the dregs. When his body broke up, after death, he was reborn in company with the gods of the thirty-three.