[535] At Sāvatthī. Sitting to one side, that bhikkhu said to the Blessed One: "Venerable sir, what is the cause, what is the condition, whereby someone here, with the breakup of the body, after death, is reborn in companionship with the womb-born supaṇṇas … with the moisture-born supaṇṇas … with the spontaneously born supaṇṇas?"
"Here, bhikkhu, someone is a doer of deeds of both kinds by body, a doer of deeds of both kinds by speech, a doer of deeds of both kinds by mind. He has heard: 'The spontaneously born supaṇṇas are long-lived, beautiful, abounding in happiness.' It occurs to him thus: 'Oh, that with the breakup of the body, after death, I might be reborn in companionship with the spontaneously born supaṇṇas!' He gives food, gives drink, gives clothing, gives a vehicle, gives garlands, gives scents, gives unguents, gives bedding, gives lodging, gives lamps and lamp-supplies. With the breakup of the body, after death, he is reborn in companionship with the spontaneously born supaṇṇas. This, bhikkhu, is the cause, this is the condition, whereby someone here, with the breakup of the body, after death, is reborn in companionship with the spontaneously born supaṇṇas."
(Thus, taken as a whole, there are forty-six suttantas.)
The Supaṇṇa Saṃyutta is finished.
Its summary (uddāna):
The plain version, and the carrying off,
the doer of deeds of both kinds, and also the four;
the four on the supports of giving —
well set forth concerning the supaṇṇas.
[Next section catchword:] The Gandhabbakāya Saṃyutta.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.