1.47. Trồng Rừng

“Kesaṁ divā ca ratto ca,

sadā puññaṁ pavaḍḍhati;

Dhammaṭṭhā sīlasampannā,

ke janā saggagāmino”ti.

“Ārāmaropā vanaropā,

ye janā setukārakā;

Papañca udapānañca,

ye dadanti upassayaṁ.

Tesaṁ divā ca ratto ca,

sadā puññaṁ pavaḍḍhati;

Dhammaṭṭhā sīlasampannā,

te janā saggagāmino”ti.

SC 1 “For whom does merit always increase,
Both by day and by night?
Who are the people going to heaven,
Established in Dhamma, endowed with virtue?”

SC 2 “Those who set up a park or a grove,
The people who construct a bridge,
A place to drink and a well,
Those who give a residence:

SC 3 “For them merit always increases,
Both by day and by night;
Those are the people going to heaven,
Established in Dhamma, endowed with virtue.”