5.40. Cây Sàla Lớn

“Himavantaṁ, bhikkhave, pabbatarājaṁ nissāya mahāsālā pañcahi vaḍḍhīhi vaḍḍhanti.

Katamāhi pañcahi?

Sākhāpattapalāsena vaḍḍhanti;

tacena vaḍḍhanti;

papaṭikāya vaḍḍhanti;

pheggunā vaḍḍhanti;

sārena vaḍḍhanti.

Himavantaṁ, bhikkhave, pabbatarājaṁ nissāya mahāsālā imāhi pañcahi vaḍḍhīhi vaḍḍhanti.

Evamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, saddhaṁ kulaputtaṁ nissāya antojano pañcahi vaḍḍhīhi vaḍḍhati.

Katamāhi pañcahi?

Saddhāya vaḍḍhati;

sīlena vaḍḍhati;

sutena vaḍḍhati;

cāgena vaḍḍhati;

paññāya vaḍḍhati.

Saddhaṁ, bhikkhave, kulaputtaṁ nissāya antojano imāhi pañcahi vaḍḍhīhi vaḍḍhatīti.

Yathā hi pabbato selo,

araññasmiṁ brahāvane;

Taṁ rukkhā upanissāya,

vaḍḍhante te vanappatī.

Tatheva sīlasampannaṁ,

Saddhaṁ kulaputtaṁ imaṁ;

Upanissāya vaḍḍhanti,

Puttadārā ca bandhavā;

Amaccā ñātisaṅghā ca,

Ye cassa anujīvino.

Tyassa sīlavato sīlaṁ,

cāgaṁ sucaritāni ca;

Passamānānukubbanti,

ye bhavanti vicakkhaṇā.

Idha dhammaṁ caritvāna,

maggaṁ sugatigāminaṁ;

Nandino devalokasmiṁ,

modanti kāmakāmino”ti.

Dasamaṁ.

Sumanavaggo catuttho.

Tassuddānaṁ

Sumanā cundī uggaho,

sīho dānānisaṁsako;

Kālabhojanasaddhā ca,

puttasālehi te dasāti.

SC 1“Bhikkhus, based on the Himalayas, the king of mountains, great sal trees grow in five ways. What five? (1) They grow in branches, leaves, and foliage; (2) they grow in bark; (3) they grow in shoots; (4) they grow in softwood; and (5) they grow in heartwood. Based on the Himalayas, the king of mountains, great sal trees grow in these five ways.

SC 2“So too, when the head of the family is endowed with faith, the people in the family who depend on him grow in five ways. What five? (1) They grow in faith; (2) they grow in virtuous behavior; (3) they grow in learning; (4) they grow in generosity; and (5) they grow in wisdom. When the head of a family is endowed with faith, the people in the family who depend on him grow in these five ways.”

SC 3Just as the trees that grow
in dependence on a rocky mountain
in a vast forest wilderness
might become great ‘woodland lords,’

SC 4so, when the head of a family here
possesses faith and virtue,
his wife, children, and relatives
all grow in dependence on him;
so too his companions, his family circle,
and those dependent on him.

SC 5Those possessed of discernment,
seeing that virtuous man’s good conduct,
his generosity and good deeds,
emulate his example.

SC 6Having lived here in accord with Dhamma,
the path leading to a good destination,
those who desire sensual pleasures rejoice,
delighting in the deva world. an.iii.45