Macchariyasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Sagāthāvaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 15 · Section 92

[92] Then another devatā addressed the Blessed One in verse: "Why does this sacrifice (yañña), vast and grand, not equal in worth a gift righteously given? How is it that thousands who offer the thousandfold sacrifice are not worth even a fraction of one such as that?"

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.