{"id":"an3.48","title":"The King of Mountains","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an3.48","title":"The King of Mountains","units":[{"id":"an3.48:0","sourceIds":["an3.48:0.1","an3.48:0.2","an3.48:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 3.48\n5. Cūḷavagga\nPabbatarājasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 3.48\n5. The Lesser Chapter\nThe King of Mountains"}},{"id":"an3.48:1","sourceIds":["an3.48:1.1","an3.48:1.2","an3.48:1.3","an3.48:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Himavantaṁ, bhikkhave, pabbatarājaṁ nissāya mahāsālā tīhi vaḍḍhīhi vaḍḍhanti.\nKatamāhi tīhi?\nSākhāpattapalāsena vaḍḍhanti, tacapapaṭikāya vaḍḍhanti, pheggusārena vaḍḍhanti.\nHimavantaṁ, bhikkhave, pabbatarājaṁ nissāya mahāsālā imāhi tīhi vaḍḍhīhi vaḍḍhanti.","en":"“Mendicants, great sal trees grow in three ways supported by the Himalayas, the king of mountains.\nWhat three?\nThe branches, leaves, and foliage; the bark and shoots; and the softwood and heartwood.\nGreat sal trees grow in these three ways supported by the Himalayas, the king of mountains."}},{"id":"an3.48:2","sourceIds":["an3.48:2.1","an3.48:2.2","an3.48:2.3","an3.48:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, saddhaṁ kulapatiṁ nissāya anto jano tīhi vaḍḍhīhi vaḍḍhati.\nKatamāhi tīhi?\nSaddhāya vaḍḍhati, sīlena vaḍḍhati, paññāya vaḍḍhati.\nSaddhaṁ, bhikkhave, kulapatiṁ nissāya anto jano imāhi tīhi vaḍḍhīhi vaḍḍhatīti.","en":"In the same way, a family grows in three ways supported by a family head with faith.\nWhat three?\nFaith, ethics, and wisdom.\nA family grows in these three ways supported by a family head with faith."}},{"id":"an3.48:3","sourceIds":["an3.48:3.1","an3.48:3.2","an3.48:3.3","an3.48:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yathāpi pabbato selo,\naraññasmiṁ brahāvane;\nTaṁ rukkhā upanissāya,\nvaḍḍhante te vanappatī.","en":"Supported by the rocky mountain\nin the wilds, the formidable forest,\nthe tree grows\nto become lord of the forest."}},{"id":"an3.48:4","sourceIds":["an3.48:4.1","an3.48:4.2","an3.48:4.3","an3.48:4.4","an3.48:4.5","an3.48:4.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tatheva sīlasampannaṁ,\nsaddhaṁ kulapatiṁ idha;\nUpanissāya vaḍḍhanti,\nputtadārā ca bandhavā;\nAmaccā ñātisaṅghā ca,\nye cassa anujīvino.","en":"So too, when the family head\nis ethical and faithful,\nsupported by them, they grow:\nchildren, partners, and kin,\ncolleagues, relatives,\nand those dependent for their livelihood."}},{"id":"an3.48:5","sourceIds":["an3.48:5.1","an3.48:5.2","an3.48:5.3","an3.48:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tyāssa sīlavato sīlaṁ,\ncāgaṁ sucaritāni ca;\nPassamānānukubbanti,\nattamatthaṁ vicakkhaṇā.","en":"Seeing the ethical conduct of the virtuous,\nthe generosity and good deeds,\nthose who see clearly\ndo likewise."}},{"id":"an3.48:6","sourceIds":["an3.48:6.1","an3.48:6.2","an3.48:6.3","an3.48:6.4","an3.48:6.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Idha dhammaṁ caritvāna,\nmaggaṁ sugatigāminaṁ;\nNandino devalokasmiṁ,\nmodanti kāmakāmino”ti.\nNavamaṁ.","en":"Having practiced the teaching here,\nthe path that goes to a good place,\nthey delight in the heavenly realm,\nenjoying all the pleasures they desire.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an3.48/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}