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[65] Chanting Book of Wat Phra Dhātu Srī Chomtong Voravihāra
[ 65] Devatādissa-dakkhiõānumodana-gāthā Verses for Sharing of Merit with Devas 109
Yasmiü padese kappeti vasaü paõóita-jātiyo
sīlavant’ ettha bhojetvā saññate brahma-cārino
yā tattha devatā āsuü tāsaü dakkhiõam-ādise
tā pūjitā pūjayanti mānitā mānayanti naü.
Tato naü anukampanti mātā puttaü va orasaü
devatānukampito poso sadā bhadrāni passati.
Bhuttā bhogā bhañā bhaccā
Vitiõõā āpadāsu me
Uddhaggā dakkhiõā dinnā
Atho pañca balī katā
Upaññhitā sīlavanto
Saññatā brahmacārino
Yadatthaü bhogam-iccheyya
Paõóito gharam-āvasaü
So me attho anuppatto
Kataü ananutāpiyaü
Etaü anussaraü macco
Ariya-dhamme ñhito naro
Idh' eva naü pasaüsanti
Pecca sagge pamodatī ti.
In whatever place a wise person makes his dwelling,
He should feed the virtuous leaders of the holy life.
Whatever deities there are who report this offering,
They will pay him respect and honor for this.
As a result, they will feel sympathy for him, as a mother for her son.
A person with whom the deities sympathize always sees things go
auspiciously.
[ 65] Ādiya-sutta-gāthā Discourse on Edibles 110
"My wealth has been enjoyed, my dependents supported,
protected from calamities by me.
I have given lofty offerings,
and performed the five oblations.
I have provided for the virtuous,
the restrained, leaders of the holy life.
For whatever aim a wise householder
would desire wealth,
That aim I have attained.
I have done what will not lead to future distress."
When this is recollected by a mortal,
a person established in the Dhamma of the Noble Ones,
He is praised in this life
and, after death, rejoices in heaven.
109 These verses are from the Mahāparinibbāna-Sutta (Great Discourse on the Passing [of the Buddha]), the 16th discourse of the Dīgha-Nikāya (DN ii 88 f., PTS). They are
frequently chanted when the donor is making merit on the occasion of his/her birthday or a house-warming. Cf. CGI; Maurice Walshe (Transl.), The Long Discourses of
the Buddha, BPS 1996, p. 238.
110 These verses are from the Ādiya-sutta (Discourse on Edibles), Anguttara-Nikāya V.41. The "five oblations" are gifts given to one’s relatives, guests, the dead, kings (taxes
paid to the government), and devas. This selection is often chanted when donors are making a donation dedicated to a relative or friend who has long been dead. (CGI)
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