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Nine Discourses On Givers of Fragrant Heartwood, Etc.

Sāragandhādidātāsuttanavaka

Someone of good conduct and appropriate aspiration may be reborn as a god living in various kinds of vegetation if they give the gift of that kind of vegetation.

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 31.4–12Linked Discourses 31.4–12
  • 0.21. Gandhabbavagga1. Centaurs

0.3SāragandhādidātāsuttanavakaNine Discourses On Givers of Fragrant Heartwood, Etc.

1.1PTS 3.252Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

1.2Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:Seated to one side, that mendicant said to the Buddha:

1.3“ko nu kho, bhante, hetu, ko paccayo, yena midhekacco kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sāragandhe adhivatthānaṁ devānaṁ …pe…“Sir, what is the cause, what is the reason why someone, when their body breaks up, after death, is reborn in the company of the gods who live in fragrant heartwood …1.4pheggugandhe adhivatthānaṁ devānaṁ …softwood …1.5tacagandhe adhivatthānaṁ devānaṁ …bark …1.6papaṭikagandhe adhivatthānaṁ devānaṁ …sprouts …1.7pattagandhe adhivatthānaṁ devānaṁ …leaves …1.8pupphagandhe adhivatthānaṁ devānaṁ …flowers …1.9phalagandhe adhivatthānaṁ devānaṁ …fruit …1.10rasagandhe adhivatthānaṁ devānaṁ …sap …1.11gandhagandhe adhivatthānaṁ devānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjatī”ti?fragrant scents?”

1.12“Idha, bhikkhu, ekacco kāyena sucaritaṁ carati, vācāya sucaritaṁ carati, manasā sucaritaṁ carati.“Mendicant, it’s when someone does good things by way of body, speech, and mind.1.13Tassa sutaṁ hoti:And they’ve heard:1.14‘sāragandhe adhivatthā devā dīghāyukā vaṇṇavanto sukhabahulā’ti.‘The gods who live in fragrant heartwood … fragrant scents are long-lived, beautiful, and very happy.’1.15Tassa evaṁ hoti:They think:1.16‘aho vatāhaṁ kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sāragandhe adhivatthānaṁ devānaṁ …pe…‘If only, when my body breaks up, after death, I would be reborn in the company of the gods who live in fragrant heartwood …1.17pheggugandhe adhivatthānaṁ devānaṁ …1.18tacagandhe adhivatthānaṁ devānaṁ …1.19papaṭikagandhe adhivatthānaṁ devānaṁ …1.20pattagandhe adhivatthānaṁ devānaṁ …1.21pupphagandhe adhivatthānaṁ devānaṁ …1.22phalagandhe adhivatthānaṁ devānaṁ …1.23rasagandhe adhivatthānaṁ devānaṁ …1.24gandhagandhe adhivatthānaṁ devānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjeyyan’ti.fragrant scents!’1.25So dātā hoti sāragandhānaṁ …pe…They give gifts of fragrant heartwood …1.26so dātā hoti pheggugandhānaṁ …1.27so dātā hoti tacagandhānaṁ …1.28so dātā hoti papaṭikagandhānaṁ …1.29so dātā hoti pattagandhānaṁ …1.30so dātā hoti pupphagandhānaṁ …1.31so dātā hoti phalagandhānaṁ …1.32so dātā hoti rasagandhānaṁ …1.33so dātā hoti gandhagandhānaṁ.fragrant scents.1.34So kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā gandhagandhe adhivatthānaṁ devānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjati.When their body breaks up, after death, they’re reborn in the company of the gods who live in fragrant scents.1.35Ayaṁ kho, bhikkhu, hetu, ayaṁ paccayo, yena midhekacco kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā gandhagandhe adhivatthānaṁ devānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjatī”ti.This is the cause, this is the reason why someone, when their body breaks up, after death, is reborn in the company of the gods who live on fragrant scents.”

1.36Dvādasamaṁ.