0 Source: Savatthi.

1 Endowed with five attributes, O bhikkhus, an elder bhikkhu is one who has entered upon the path for the non-welfare of many people, for the unhappiness of many people, for the non-benefit of many people, for the suffering of devas and humans. With which five?

2 “An elder is one of long standing, one long gone forth. He is well-known, a celebrity of householders and those gone forth, one who has a retinue of many people. He is a gainer of robes, almsfood, lodgings, medicines and provisions that are necessities for the sick. He is well-learned, bearer of what he has heard, one who accumulates what he has heard, those dhammas which are auspicious in the beginning, auspicious in the middle, auspicious in the end, with the correct meaning and phrasing, [which] proclaim the life of purity that is utterly complete and pure, such dhammas he has heard much of, borne in mind, recited verbally, accumulated, and carefully considered mentally. He has not penetrated [those dhammas] by view, being one of mistaken view and distorted vision.

3 Having turned away many people from the true Dhamma, he causes to establish [them] in the untrue Dhamma. Seeing, truly is he, an elder bhikkhu of long standing, one long gone forth, they set about imitating him. Seeing, truly is he, a well-known elder bhikkhu, a celebrity of householders and those gone forth, one who has a retinue of many people, they set about imitating him. Seeing, truly is he, an elder bhikkhu who is a gainer of robes, almsfood, lodgings, medicines and provisions that are necessities for the sick, they set about imitating him. Seeing, truly is he, a well-learned elder bhikkhu, a bearer of what he has heard, one who accumulates what he has heard, they set about imitating him.

4 Endowed with these five attributes, O bhikkhus, an elder bhikkhu is ever one who has entered upon the path for the non-welfare of many people, for the unhappiness of many people, for the non-benefit of many people, for the suffering of devas and humans.”

5 Endowed with five attributes, O bhikkhus, an elder bhikkhu is one who has entered upon the path for the welfare of many people, for the happiness of many people, for the benefit of many people, for the happiness of devas and humans. With which five?

6 “An elder is one of long standing, one long gone forth. He is well-known, a celebrity of householders and those gone forth, one who has a retinue of many people. He is a gainer of robes, almsfood, lodgings, medicines and provisions that are necessities for the sick. He is well-learned, bearer of what he has heard, one who accumulates what he has heard, those dhammas which are auspicious in the beginning, auspicious in the middle, auspicious in the end, with the correct meaning and phrasing, [which] proclaim the life of purity that is utterly complete and pure, such dhammas he has heard much of, borne in mind, recited verbally, accumulated, and carefully considered mentally. He has penetrated [those dhammas] well by view, being one of correct view and undistorted vision.

7 Having turned away many people from the untrue Dhamma, he causes to establish [them] in the true Dhamma. Seeing, truly is he, an elder bhikkhu of long standing, one long gone forth, they set about imitating him. Seeing, truly is he, a well-known elder bhikkhu, a celebrity of householders and those gone forth, one who has a retinue of many people, they set about imitating him. Seeing, truly is he, an elder bhikkhu who is a gainer of robes, almsfood, lodgings, medicines and provisions that are necessities for the sick, they set about imitating him. Seeing, truly is he, a well-learned elder bhikkhu, a bearer of what he has heard, one who accumulates what he has heard, they set about imitating him.

8 Endowed with these five attributes, O bhikkhus, an elder bhikkhu is ever one who has entered upon the path for the welfare of many people, for the happiness of many people, for the benefit of many people, for the happiness of devas and humans.”

0 sāvatthinidānaṃ:

1 pañcahi bhikkhave dhammehi samannāgato thero bhikkhu bahujanāhitāya paṭipanno hoti, bahujanāsukhāya bahuno janassa anatthāya ahitāya dukkhāya devamanussānaṃ. katamehi pañcahi:

2 thero hoti rattaññū cirapabbajito. ñāto hoti yasassī gahaṭṭhapabbajitānaṃ bahujanaparivāro. lābhī hoti cīvarapiṇḍapātasenāsanagilānapaccayabhesajjaparikkhārānaṃ. bahussuto hoti sutadharo sutasannicayo, ye te dhammā ādikalyāṇā majjhekalyāṇā pariyosānakalyāṇā sātthā savyañjanā kevalaparipuṇṇaṃ parisuddhaṃ brahmacariyaṃ abhivadanti, tathārūpāssa dhammā bahussutā honti dhatā vacasā paricitā manasānupekkhitā diṭṭhiyā appaṭividdhā. micchādiṭṭhiko hoti viparītadassano.

3 so bahujanaṃ saddhammā vuṭṭhāpetvā asaddhamme patiṭṭhāpeti. thero bhikkhu rattaññū cirapabbajitotipissa diṭṭhānugatiṃ āpajjanti. ñāto thero bhikkhu yasassī gahaṭṭhapabbajitānaṃ. bahujanaparivārotipissa diṭṭhānugatiṃ āpajjanti. lābhī thero bhikkhu cīvarapiṇḍapātasenāsanagilānapaccayabhesajjaparikkhārānantipissa diṭṭhānugatiṃ āpajjanti. bahussuto thero bhikkhu sutadharo sutasannicayotipissa diṭṭhānugatiṃ āpajjanti.

4 imehi kho bhikkhave pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato thero bhikkhu bahujanāhitāya paṭipanno hoti bahujanāsukhāya bahuno janassa anatthāya ahitāya dukkhāya devamanussānanti.

5 pañcahi bhikkhave dhammehi samannāgato thero bhikkhu bahujanahitāya paṭipanno hoti bahujanasukhāya bahuno janassa atthāya hitāya sukhāya devamanussānaṃ. katamehi pañcahi:

6 thero hoti rattaññū cirapabbajito. ñāto hoti yasassī gahaṭṭhapabbajitānaṃ bahujanaparivāro. lābhī hoti cīvarapiṇḍapātasenāsanagilānapaccayabhesajjaparikkhārānaṃ. bahussuto hoti sutadharo sutasannicayo, ye te dhammā ādikalyāṇā majjhekalyāṇā pariyosānakalyāṇā sātthā savyañjanā kevalaparipuṇṇaṃ parisuddhaṃ brahmacariyaṃ abhivadanti, tathārūpāssa dhammā bahussutā honti, dhatā vacasā paricitā manasānupekkhitā diṭṭhiyā suppaṭividdhā. sammādiṭṭhiko hoti aviparītadassano.

7 so bahujanaṃ asaddhammā vuṭṭhāpetvā saddhamme patiṭṭhāpeti. thero bhikkhu rattaññū cirapabbajitotipissa diṭṭhānugatiṃ āpajjanti. ñāto thero bhikkhu yasassī gahaṭṭhapabbajitānaṃ bahujanaparivārotipissa diṭṭhānugatiṃ āpajjanti. lābhī thero bhikkhu bahujanahitāya paṭipanno hoti bahujanasukhāya bahuno janassa atthāya hitāya sukhāya devamanussānaṃ bahussuto thero bhikkhu sutadharo sutasannicayotipissa diṭṭhānugatiṃ āpajjanti.

8 imehi kho bhikkhave pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato thero bhikkhu bahujanahitāya paṭipanno hoti bahujanasukhāya bahuno janassa atthāya hitāya sukhāya devamanussānanti.