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Anguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

2: The Book of the Twos

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  • A Saddhamma Study Group translation from the Pāḷi text (coming sooner or later).

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1 Atha kho anāthapiṇḍiko gahapati yena bhagavā tenupasankami; upasankamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi. Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho anāthapiṇḍiko gahapati bhagavantaṃ etadavoca: 

"kati nu kho, bhante, loke dakkhiṇeyyā, kattha ca dānaṃ dātabban"ti?

"Dve kho, gahapati, loke dakkhiṇeyyā – sekho ca asekho ca. Ime kho, gahapati, dve loke dakkhiṇeyyā, ettha ca dānaṃ dātabban"ti.

2Idamavoca bhagavā. Idaṃ vatvāna sugato athāparaṃ etadavoca satthā: 

3 "Sekho asekho ca imasmiṃ loke,
Āhuneyyā yajamānānaṃ honti;
Te ujjubhūtā kāyena,
Vācāya uda cetasā;
Khettaṃ taṃ yajamānānaṃ,
Ettha dinnaṃ mahapphalan"ti.