Bhojandānasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Aṅguttaranikāya · Pañcakanipāta · Chakkanipāta · Vol. 22 · Section 37

[37] Bhikkhus, a donor giving food gives five things (ṭhāna) to the recipients. What five? He gives life (āyu), he gives beauty (vaṇṇa), he gives happiness (sukha), he gives strength (bala), he gives discernment (paṭibhāṇa). Having given life, he becomes a partaker of life, whether divine or human. Having given beauty, he becomes a partaker of beauty, whether divine or human. Having given happiness, he becomes a partaker of happiness, whether divine or human. Having given strength, he becomes a partaker of strength, whether divine or human. Having given discernment, he becomes a partaker of discernment, whether divine or human. Bhikkhus, a donor giving food gives these five things to the recipients. The wise one is a giver of life, a giver of strength, a giver of beauty, a giver of discernment; the intelligent one, a giver of happiness, himself attains happiness. Having given life, strength, beauty, and happiness, the giver of discernment becomes long-lived and famous wherever he is reborn.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.