Verses on Dhamma 5.15.p10

5.15.p10

Sāmaṇero antonagarepi pañca kambalasatāni labhi. Evaṃ ekadivasaṃyeva kambalasahassaṃ labhitvā bhikkhusahassassa adāsi. Athassa kambaladāyakatissattheroti nāmaṃ kariṃsu. Evaṃ nāmakaraṇadivase dinnakambalo sattavassikakāle kambalasahassabhāvaṃ pāpuṇi. Buddhasāsanañhi ṭhapetvā natthaññaṃ taṃ ṭhānaṃ, yattha appaṃ dinnaṃ bahuṃ hoti, bahuṃ dinnaṃ bahutaraṃ. Tenāha bhagavā –

(Thus his gift of a blanket to the Elder on the day he was given his name when he was seven years old resulted in his receiving one thousand blankets. In no dispensation other than that of the Buddha is the gift of a little productive of so much fruit, and a large gift productive of more abundant fruit. Therefore said the Exalted One, “Monks, this congregation of monks is of such sort that a little gift bestowed thereon produces much fruit, and a large gift yet more abundant fruit.” Thus, as the result of giving a single blanket, the novice, although he was only seven years old, received one thousand blankets.)