[42] Bhikkhus, a good person (sappurisa), being born in a family, is for the good, welfare, and happiness of many people: he is for the good, welfare, and happiness of his mother and father; he is for the good, welfare, and happiness of his children and wife; he is for the good, welfare, and happiness of his slaves, workers, and servants; he is for the good, welfare, and happiness of his friends and companions; he is for the good, welfare, and happiness of ascetics and brahmins. Just as, bhikkhus, a great rain cloud, bringing all the crops to maturity, is for the good, welfare, and happiness of many people, even so, bhikkhus, a good person, being born in a family, is for the good, welfare, and happiness of many people: he is for the good, welfare, and happiness of his mother and father; he is for the good, welfare, and happiness of his children and wife; he is for the good, welfare, and happiness of his slaves, workers, and servants; he is for the good, welfare, and happiness of his friends and companions; he is for the good, welfare, and happiness of ascetics and brahmins.
Beneficial to many, applying himself to his wealth,
the deities protect him, guarded as he is by Dhamma;
one of great learning, endowed with virtue and observances,
standing firm in the Dhamma — fame does not forsake him.
Standing in the Dhamma, accomplished in virtue,
a speaker of truth, with a mind possessed of moral shame,
like a coin of gold from the Jambu river —
who is worthy to blame him?
Even the deities praise him;
by Brahmā too he is praised.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.