1"Bhikkhus, when a good person is born in a family, it is for the good, welfare, and happiness of many people. It is for the good, welfare, and happiness of (1) his mother and father, (2) his wife and children, (3) his slaves, workers, and servants, (4) his friends and companions, (5) his departed ancestors, (6) the king, (7) the deities, and (8) ascetics and brahmins.

2Just as a great rain cloud, nurturing all the crops, appears for the good, welfare, and happiness of many people, so too, when a good person is born in a family, it is for the good, welfare, and happiness of many people. It is for the good, welfare, and happiness of his mother and father … … ascetics and brahmins."

3The wise person, dwelling at home,
truly lives for the good of many.
Day and night diligent toward
his mother, father, and ancestors, [n.1708] Mp glosses pubbe with paṭhamaṁeva, but I suspect it is an abridgment of pubbapeta, mentioned in the prose. I translate on the basis of this supposition.
he venerates them in accordance with the Dhamma,
recollecting what they did for him in the past. [n.1709] I read these verses as consisting of two six-pāda stanzas and one four-pāda stanza. Ce and Be both divide them into four four-pāda stanzas. Ee does not divide them into stanzas.

4Firm in faith, the pious man,
having known their good qualities, [n.1710] I read with Be and Ee ñatvā dhamme ca pesalo, as against Ce ñatvā dhamme’dha pesale.
venerates the homeless renouncers,
the mendicants who lead the spiritual life. [n.1711] Apace brahmacārayo. Mp glosses as if apace represents apacayati, "to honor": brahmacārino apacayati, nīcavuttitaṁ nesaṁ āpajjati. However, DOP takes apaca to mean "not cooking," and thus signifying homeless. I follow this with my rendering "mendicants."

5Beneficial to the king and the devas,
beneficial to his relatives and friends,
indeed, beneficial to all,
well established in the good Dhamma,
he has removed the stain of miserliness
and fares on to an auspicious world.

1"Sappuriso, bhikkhave, kule jāyamāno bahuno janassa atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti – mātāpitūnaṁ atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti, puttadārassa atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti, dāsakammakaraporisassa atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti, mittāmaccānaṁ atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti, pubbapetānaṁ atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti, rañño atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti, devatānaṁ atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti, samaṇabrāhmaṇānaṁ atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti.

2Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, mahāmegho sabbasassāni sampādento bahuno janassa atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti; evamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, sappuriso kule jāyamāno bahuno janassa atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti – mātāpitūnaṁ atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti, puttadārassa atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti, dāsakammakaraporisassa atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti, mittāmaccānaṁ atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti, pubbapetānaṁ atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti, rañño atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti, devatānaṁ atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti, samaṇabrāhmaṇānaṁ atthāya hitāya sukhāya hotīti.

3Bahūnaṁ vata atthāya,
sappañño gharamāvasaṁ;
Mātaraṁ pitaraṁ pubbe,
rattindivamatandito.

4Pūjeti sahadhammena,
pubbekatamanussaraṁ;
Anāgāre pabbajite,
apace brahmacārayo.

5Niviṭṭhasaddho pūjeti,
ñatvā dhamme ca pesalo;
Rañño hito devahito,
ñātīnaṁ sakhinaṁ hito.

6Sabbesaṁ so hito hoti,
saddhamme suppatiṭṭhito;
Vineyya maccheramalaṁ,
sa lokaṁ bhajate sivan"ti.

Aṭṭhamaṁ.