{"id":"an5.39","title":"A Child","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an5.39","title":"A Child","units":[{"id":"an5.39:0","sourceIds":["an5.39:0.1","an5.39:0.2","an5.39:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.39\n4. Sumanavagga\nPuttasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 5.39\n4. With Sumanā\nA Child"}},{"id":"an5.39:1","sourceIds":["an5.39:1.1","an5.39:1.2","an5.39:1.3","an5.39:1.4","an5.39:1.5","an5.39:1.6","an5.39:1.7","an5.39:1.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Pañcimāni, bhikkhave, ṭhānāni sampassantā mātāpitaro puttaṁ icchanti kule jāyamānaṁ.\nKatamāni pañca?\nBhato vā no bharissati;\nkiccaṁ vā no karissati;\nkulavaṁso ciraṁ ṭhassati;\ndāyajjaṁ paṭipajjissati;\natha vā pana petānaṁ kālaṅkatānaṁ dakkhiṇaṁ anuppadassatīti.\nImāni kho, bhikkhave, pañca ṭhānāni sampassantā mātāpitaro puttaṁ icchanti kule jāyamānanti.","en":"“Mendicants, parents see five reasons to wish for the birth of a child in the family.\nWhat five?\nSince we looked after them, they’ll look after us.\nThey’ll do their duty for us.\nThe family customs will last.\nThey’ll take care of the inheritance.\nOr else when we have passed away they’ll give an offering on our behalf.\nParents see these five reasons to wish for the birth of a child in the family."}},{"id":"an5.39:2","sourceIds":["an5.39:2.1","an5.39:2.2","an5.39:2.3","an5.39:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Pañca ṭhānāni sampassaṁ,\nputtaṁ icchanti paṇḍitā;\nBhato vā no bharissati,\nkiccaṁ vā no karissati.","en":"Seeing five reasons,\nastute people wish for a child.\nSince we looked after them, they’ll look after us.\nThey’ll do their duty for us."}},{"id":"an5.39:3","sourceIds":["an5.39:3.1","an5.39:3.2","an5.39:3.3","an5.39:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kulavaṁso ciraṁ tiṭṭhe,\ndāyajjaṁ paṭipajjati;\nAtha vā pana petānaṁ,\ndakkhiṇaṁ anuppadassati.","en":"The family customs will last.\nThey’ll take care of the inheritance.\nOr else when we have passed away\nthey’ll give an offering on our behalf."}},{"id":"an5.39:4","sourceIds":["an5.39:4.1","an5.39:4.2","an5.39:4.3","an5.39:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ṭhānānetāni sampassaṁ,\nputtaṁ icchanti paṇḍitā;\nTasmā santo sappurisā,\nkataññū katavedino.","en":"Seeing these five reasons\nastute people wish for a child.\nAnd so true persons,\ngrateful and thankful,"}},{"id":"an5.39:5","sourceIds":["an5.39:5.1","an5.39:5.2","an5.39:5.3","an5.39:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Bharanti mātāpitaro,\npubbe katamanussaraṁ;\nKaronti nesaṁ kiccāni,\nyathā taṁ pubbakārinaṁ.","en":"look after their parents,\nremembering past deeds.\nThey do for their parents,\nas their parents did for them in the past."}},{"id":"an5.39:6","sourceIds":["an5.39:6.1","an5.39:6.2","an5.39:6.3","an5.39:6.4","an5.39:6.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ovādakārī bhataposī,\nkulavaṁsaṁ ahāpayaṁ;\nSaddho sīlena sampanno,\nputto hoti pasaṁsiyo”ti.\nNavamaṁ.","en":"Following their advice, looking after those who raised them,\nthe family customs are not lost.\nFaithful, accomplished in ethics,\nsuch a child is praiseworthy.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an5.39/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."}