1.1Vuttañhetaṁ bhagavatā vuttamarahatāti me sutaṁ:This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.

2.1“Mā, bhikkhave, puññānaṁ bhāyittha.“Mendicants, don’t fear good deeds.2.2Sukhassetaṁ, bhikkhave, adhivacanaṁ iṭṭhassa kantassa piyassa manāpassa yadidaṁ puññāni.For ‘good deeds’ is a term for happiness, for what is likable, desirable, and agreeable.2.3Abhijānāmi kho panāhaṁ, bhikkhave, dīgharattaṁ katānaṁ puññānaṁ iṭṭhaṁ kantaṁ piyaṁ manāpaṁ vipākaṁ paccanubhūtaṁ.I recall undergoing for a long time the likable, desirable, and agreeable results of good deeds performed over a long time.2.4Satta vassāni mettacittaṁ bhāvetvā satta saṁvaṭṭavivaṭṭakappe nayimaṁ lokaṁ punarāgamāsiṁ.Having developed a mind of love for seven years, for seven eons of the cosmos contracting and expanding I didn’t return to this world again.2.5Saṁvaṭṭamāne sudaṁ, bhikkhave, kappe ābhassarūpago homi;As the eon contracted I went to the realm of sublime luminosity.2.6vivaṭṭamāne kappe suññaṁ brahmavimānaṁ upapajjāmi.As it expanded I was reborn in an empty mansion of divinity.

3.1Tatra sudaṁ, bhikkhave, brahmā homi mahābrahmā abhibhū anabhibhūto aññadatthudaso vasavattī.There I was the Divinity, the Great Divinity, the vanquisher, the unvanquished, the universal seer, the wielder of power.3.2Chattiṁsakkhattuṁ kho panāhaṁ, bhikkhave, sakko ahosiṁ devānamindo;I was Sakka, lord of gods, thirty-six times.3.3anekasatakkhattuṁ rājā ahosiṁ cakkavattī dhammiko dhammarājā cāturanto vijitāvī janapadatthāvariyappatto sattaratanasamannāgato.Many hundreds of times I was a king, a wheel-turning monarch, a just and principled king. My dominion extended to all four sides, I achieved stability in the country, and I possessed the seven treasures.3.4Ko pana vādo padesarajjassa.Not to mention regional kingship!

4.1Tassa mayhaṁ, bhikkhave, etadahosi:Then I thought,4.2‘kissa nu kho me idaṁ kammassa phalaṁ, kissa kammassa vipāko, yenāhaṁ etarahi evaṁmahiddhiko evaṁmahānubhāvo’ti?‘Of what deed of mine is this the fruit and result, that I am now so mighty and powerful?’4.3Tassa mayhaṁ, bhikkhave, etadahosi:Then I thought,4.4‘tiṇṇaṁ kho me idaṁ kammānaṁ phalaṁ, tiṇṇaṁ kammānaṁ vipāko, yenāhaṁ etarahi evaṁmahiddhiko evaṁmahānubhāvoti, seyyathidaṁ—‘It is the fruit and result of three kinds of deeds:4.5dānassa, damassa, saññamassā’”ti.giving, self-control, and restraint.’”

4.6Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.The Buddha spoke this matter.4.7Tatthetaṁ iti vuccati:On this it is said:

5.1“Puññameva so sikkheyya,“One should practice only good deeds,5.2āyataggaṁ sukhudrayaṁ;whose happy outcome stretches ahead.5.3Dānañca samacariyañca,Giving and moral conduct,5.4mettacittañca bhāvaye.developing a mind of love:

6.1Ete dhamme bhāvayitvā,having developed these6.2tayo sukhasamuddaye;three things yielding happiness,6.3Abyāpajjaṁ sukhaṁ lokaṁ,that astute one is reborn6.4paṇḍito upapajjatī”ti.in a happy, pleasing world.”

7.1Ayampi attho vutto bhagavatā, iti me sutanti.This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.

7.2Dutiyaṁ.