an10.177 | | upakappati upakappatu upakappatī”ti | 8 | | Pi En Ru | dhamma | ‘idaṁ dānaṁ petānaṁ ñātisālohitānaṁ upakappatu, idaṁ dānaṁ petā ñātisālohitā paribhuñjantū’ti.
‘May this gift aid my departed relatives and kin. May they partake of this gift.’
Kacci taṁ, bho gotama, dānaṁ petānaṁ ñātisālohitānaṁ upakappati;
But does this gift really aid departed relatives and kin?
“Ṭhāne kho, brāhmaṇa, upakappati, no aṭṭhāne”ti.
“It aids them if the conditions are right, brahmin, but not if the conditions are wrong.”
Idampi kho, brāhmaṇa, aṭṭhānaṁ yattha ṭhitassa taṁ dānaṁ na upakappati.
The conditions there are wrong, so the gift does not aid the one who lives there.
Idampi kho, brāhmaṇa, aṭṭhānaṁ yattha ṭhitassa taṁ dānaṁ na upakappati.
The conditions there too are wrong, so the gift does not aid the one who lives there.
Idampi kho, brāhmaṇa, aṭṭhānaṁ yattha ṭhitassa taṁ dānaṁ na upakappati.
The conditions there too are wrong, so the gift does not aid the one who lives there.
Idampi, brāhmaṇa, aṭṭhānaṁ yattha ṭhitassa taṁ dānaṁ upakappati.
The conditions there too are wrong, so the gift does not aid the one who lives there.
Idaṁ kho, brāhmaṇa, ṭhānaṁ yattha ṭhitassa taṁ dānaṁ upakappatī”ti.
The conditions there are right, so the gift aids the one who lives there.”
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