[726] "What do you think, student (māṇava)? Suppose a great sacrifice (mahāyañña) were set up here for a certain brahmin, and two brahmins were to come, thinking, 'We shall partake of the great sacrifice of the brahmin of such-and-such a name.' Then one of those brahmins might think thus: 'Oh, that I alone might receive the best seat, the best water, and the best almsfood in the refectory, and that no other brahmins might receive the best seat, the best water, and the best almsfood in the refectory!' But it is possible, student, that another brahmin would receive the best seat, the best water, and the best almsfood in the refectory, and that brahmin would not receive the best seat, the best water, and the best almsfood in the refectory. Thinking, 'Other brahmins receive the best seat, the best water, and the best almsfood in the refectory; I do not receive the best seat, the best water, and the best almsfood in the refectory,' he becomes angry and displeased. Now, student, what result (vipāka) do the brahmins declare for this?"
"Master Gotama, brahmins do not give gifts (dāna) here in such a way—thinking, 'By this may he be angry and displeased.' Rather, brahmins here give gifts simply of a sympathetic nature (anukampajātika)."
"That being so, student, this—namely, what is of a sympathetic nature—is a sixth ground for making merit (puññakiriyāvatthu) for the brahmins."
"That being so, Master Gotama, this—namely, what is of a sympathetic nature—is a sixth ground for making merit for the brahmins."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.