SN 1.49

Maccharisutta

“Yedha maccharino loke, kadariyā paribhāsakā; Aññesaṁ dadamānānaṁ, antarāyakarā narā.

Stingy

“Those folk in the world who are stingy, miserly and abusive, setting up obstacles for others who give.

Kīdiso tesaṁ vipāko, samparāyo ca kīdiso; Bhagavantaṁ puṭṭhumāgamma, kathaṁ jānemu taṁ mayan”ti.

What kind of result do they reap? What kind of future life? We’ve come to ask the worthy sir: how are we to understand this?”

“Yedha maccharino loke, kadariyā paribhāsakā; Aññesaṁ dadamānānaṁ, antarāyakarā narā.

“Those folk in the world who are stingy, miserly and abusive, setting up obstacles for others who give:

Nirayaṁ tiracchānayoniṁ, yamalokaṁ upapajjare; Sace enti manussattaṁ, dalidde jāyare kule.

they’re reborn in hell, the animal realm, or Yama’s world. If they return to the human state, they’re born in a poor family,

Coḷaṁ piṇḍo ratī khiḍḍā, yattha kicchena labbhati; Parato āsīsare bālā, tampi tesaṁ na labbhati; Diṭṭhe dhammesa vipāko, samparāye ca duggatī”ti.

where clothes, food, pleasure, and play are hard to find. They don’t even get what they hope for from others. This is the result in the present life, and in the next, a bad destination.”

“Itihetaṁ vijānāma, aññaṁ pucchāma gotama; Yedha laddhā manussattaṁ, vadaññū vītamaccharā.

“We understand what you’re saying, and ask another question, Gotama. What about those who’ve gained the human state, who are bountiful and rid of stinginess,

Buddhe pasannā dhamme ca, saṅghe ca tibbagāravā; Kīdiso tesaṁ vipāko, samparāyo ca kīdiso; Bhagavantaṁ puṭṭhumāgamma, kathaṁ jānemu taṁ mayan”ti.

confident in the Buddha and the teaching, with keen respect for the Saṅgha? What kind of result do they reap? What kind of future life? We’ve come to ask the worthy sir: how are we to understand this?”

“Yedha laddhā manussattaṁ, vadaññū vītamaccharā; Buddhe pasannā dhamme ca, saṅghe ca tibbagāravā; Ete saggā pakāsanti, yattha te upapajjare.

“Those who’ve gained the human state who are bountiful and rid of stinginess, confident in the Buddha and the teaching, with keen respect for the Saṅgha: they illuminate the heavens wherever they’re reborn.

Sace enti manussattaṁ, aḍḍhe ājāyare kule; Coḷaṁ piṇḍo ratī khiḍḍā, yatthākicchena labbhati.

If they return to the human state, they’re reborn in a rich family, where clothes, food, pleasure, and play are easy to find.

Parasambhatesu bhogesu, vasavattīva modare; Diṭṭhe dhammesa vipāko, samparāye ca suggatī”ti.

They rejoice like those who control the possessions of others. This is the result in the present life, and in the next, a good destination.”