{"id":"iti106","title":"With Divinity","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"iti106","title":"With Divinity","units":[{"id":"iti106:0","sourceIds":["iti106:0.1","iti106:0.2","iti106:0.3","iti106:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Itivuttaka 106\nCatukkanipāta\nBrāhmaṇadhammayāgavagga\nSabrahmakasutta","en":"So It Was Said 106\nThe Book of the Fours\nThe Chapter on the Brahmin’s Offering of the Teaching\nWith Divinity"}},{"id":"iti106:1","sourceIds":["iti106:1.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Vuttañhetaṁ bhagavatā vuttamarahatāti me sutaṁ:","en":"This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard."}},{"id":"iti106:2","sourceIds":["iti106:2.1","iti106:2.2","iti106:2.3","iti106:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sabrahmakāni, bhikkhave, tāni kulāni yesaṁ puttānaṁ mātāpitaro ajjhāgāre pūjitā honti.\nSapubbadevatāni, bhikkhave, tāni kulāni yesaṁ puttānaṁ mātāpitaro ajjhāgāre pūjitā honti.\nSapubbācariyakāni, bhikkhave, tāni kulāni yesaṁ puttānaṁ mātāpitaro ajjhāgāre pūjitā honti.\nSāhuneyyakāni, bhikkhave, tāni kulāni yesaṁ puttānaṁ mātāpitaro ajjhāgāre pūjitā honti.","en":"“Mendicants, a family where the children honor their parents in their home is said to live with Divinity.\nA family where the children honor their parents in their home is said to live with the elder gods.\nA family where the children honor their parents in their home is said to live with the first tutors.\nA family where the children honor their parents in their home is said to live with those worthy of offerings dedicated to the gods."}},{"id":"iti106:3","sourceIds":["iti106:3.1","iti106:3.2","iti106:3.3","iti106:3.4","iti106:3.5","iti106:3.6","iti106:3.7","iti106:3.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Brahmā’ti, bhikkhave, mātāpitūnaṁ etaṁ adhivacanaṁ.\n‘Pubbadevatā’ti, bhikkhave, mātāpitūnaṁ etaṁ adhivacanaṁ.\n‘Pubbācariyā’ti, bhikkhave, mātāpitūnaṁ etaṁ adhivacanaṁ.\n‘Āhuneyyā’ti, bhikkhave, mātāpitūnaṁ etaṁ adhivacanaṁ.\nTaṁ kissa hetu?\nBahukārā, bhikkhave, mātāpitaro puttānaṁ āpādakā posakā imassa lokassa dassetāro”ti.\nEtamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.\nTatthetaṁ iti vuccati:","en":"‘Divinity’ is a term for your parents.\n‘Elder gods’ is a term for your parents.\n‘First tutors’ is a term for your parents.\n‘Worthy of offerings dedicated to the gods’ is a term for your parents.\nWhy is that?\nParents are very helpful to their children, they raise them, nurture them, and show them the world.”\nThe Buddha spoke this matter.\nOn this it is said:"}},{"id":"iti106:4","sourceIds":["iti106:4.1","iti106:4.2","iti106:4.3","iti106:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Brahmāti mātāpitaro,\npubbācariyāti vuccare;\nĀhuneyyā ca puttānaṁ,\npajāya anukampakā.","en":"“Parents are said to be ‘Divinity’\nand ‘first tutors’.\nThey’re worthy of offerings dedicated to the gods from their children,\nfor they love their offspring."}},{"id":"iti106:5","sourceIds":["iti106:5.1","iti106:5.2","iti106:5.3","iti106:5.4","iti106:5.5","iti106:5.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tasmā hi ne namasseyya,\nsakkareyya ca paṇḍito;\nAnnena atha pānena,\nvatthena sayanena ca;\nUcchādanena nhāpanena,\npādānaṁ dhovanena ca.","en":"Therefore an astute person\nwould revere them and honor them\nwith food and drink,\nclothes and bedding,\nanointing and bathing,\nand by washing their feet."}},{"id":"iti106:6","sourceIds":["iti106:6.1","iti106:6.2","iti106:6.3","iti106:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tāya naṁ pāricariyāya,\nmātāpitūsu paṇḍitā;\nIdheva naṁ pasaṁsanti,\npecca sagge pamodatī”ti.","en":"Because they serve\ntheir parents like this,\nthey’re praised in this life by the astute,\nand they depart to rejoice in heaven.”"}},{"id":"iti106:7","sourceIds":["iti106:7.1","iti106:7.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ayampi attho vutto bhagavatā, iti me sutanti.\nSattamaṁ.","en":"This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/iti106/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."}