{"id":"an5.42","title":"A True Person","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an5.42","title":"A True Person","units":[{"id":"an5.42:0","sourceIds":["an5.42:0.1","an5.42:0.2","an5.42:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.42\n5. Muṇḍarājavagga\nSappurisasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 5.42\n5. With King Muṇḍa\nA True Person"}},{"id":"an5.42:1","sourceIds":["an5.42:1.1","an5.42:1.2","an5.42:1.3","an5.42:1.4","an5.42:1.5","an5.42:1.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sappuriso, bhikkhave, kule jāyamāno bahuno janassa atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti;\nmātāpitūnaṁ atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti;\nputtadārassa atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti;\ndāsakammakaraporisassa atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti;\nmittāmaccānaṁ atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti;\nsamaṇabrāhmaṇānaṁ atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti.","en":"“Mendicants, a true person is born in a family for the benefit, welfare, and happiness of the people.\nFor the benefit, welfare, and happiness of mother and father;\nchildren and partners;\nbondservants, workers, and staff;\nfriends and colleagues;\nand ascetics and brahmins."}},{"id":"an5.42:2","sourceIds":["an5.42:2.1","an5.42:2.2","an5.42:2.3","an5.42:2.4","an5.42:2.5","an5.42:2.6","an5.42:2.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, mahāmegho sabbasassāni sampādento bahuno janassa atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti;\nevamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, sappuriso kule jāyamāno bahuno janassa atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti;\nmātāpitūnaṁ atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti;\nputtadārassa atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti;\ndāsakammakaraporisassa atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti;\nmittāmaccānaṁ atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti;\nsamaṇabrāhmaṇānaṁ atthāya hitāya sukhāya hotīti.","en":"It’s like a great rain cloud, which nourishes all the crops for the benefit, welfare, and happiness of the people.\nIn the same way, a true person is born in a family for the benefit, welfare, and happiness of the people. …"}},{"id":"an5.42:3","sourceIds":["an5.42:3.1","an5.42:3.2","an5.42:3.3","an5.42:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Hito bahunnaṁ paṭipajja bhoge,\nTaṁ devatā rakkhati dhammaguttaṁ;\nBahussutaṁ sīlavatūpapannaṁ,\nDhamme ṭhitaṁ na vijahati kitti.","en":"The gods protect one who is guarded by principle,\nwho uses their wealth for the welfare of the many.\nOne who is learned, with precepts and observances intact,\nand steady in principle, doesn’t lose their reputation."}},{"id":"an5.42:4","sourceIds":["an5.42:4.1","an5.42:4.2","an5.42:4.3","an5.42:4.4","an5.42:4.5","an5.42:4.6","an5.42:4.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dhammaṭṭhaṁ sīlasampannaṁ,\nsaccavādiṁ hirīmanaṁ;\nNekkhaṁ jambonadasseva,\nko taṁ ninditumarahati;\nDevāpi naṁ pasaṁsanti,\nbrahmunāpi pasaṁsito”ti.\nDutiyaṁ.","en":"Firm in principle, accomplished in ethical conduct,\ntruthful, conscientious;\nlike a pendant of Black Plum River gold,\nwho is worthy to criticize them?\nEven the gods praise them,\nand by the Divinity, too, they’re praised.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an5.42/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."}