Verses on Dhamma 6.5.p3

6.5.p3

‘‘Upāsakā idha ekacco ‘attano santakameva dātuṃ vaṭṭati, kiṃ parena samādapitenā’ti attanāva dānaṃ deti, paraṃ na samādapeti. So nibbattanibbattaṭṭhāne bhogasampadaṃ labhati, no parivārasampadaṃ. Ekacco paraṃ samādapeti, attanā na deti. So nibbattanibbattaṭṭhāne parivārasampadaṃ labhati, no bhogasampadaṃ ekacco attanāpi na deti, parampi na samādapeti. So nibbattanibbattaṭṭhāne neva bhogasampadaṃ labhati, na parivārasampadaṃ, vighāsādova hutvā jīvati. Ekacco attanā ca deti, parañca samādapeti. So nibbattanibbattaṭṭhāne bhogasampadampi labhati parivārasampadampī’’ti.

“Lay disciples, here in this world one man says to himself, ‘It is my bounden duty to give only that which is my own. Why should I urge others to give?’ So he himself gives alms, but does not urge others to give. That man, in his future states of existence receives the blessing of wealth, but not the blessing of a retinue. Another man urges others to give, but does not himself give. That man receives in his future states of existence the blessing of a retinue, but not the blessing of wealth. Another man neither himself gives nor urges others to give. That man in his future states of existence receives neither the blessing of wealth nor the blessing of a retinue, but lives as an eater of remnants. Yet another man not only himself gives, but also urges others to give. That man, in his future states of existence, receives both the blessing of wealth and the blessing of a retinue.”