Giving What?Kiṁdadasutta

“Giving what do you give strength?“Kiṁdado balado hoti, Giving what do you give beauty?kiṁdado hoti vaṇṇado; Giving what do you give happiness?Kiṁdado sukhado hoti, Giving what do you give vision?kiṁdado hoti cakkhudo; And who is the giver of all?Ko ca sabbadado hoti, Please answer my question.”taṁ me akkhāhi pucchito”ti.

“Giving food you give strength.“Annado balado hoti, Giving clothes you give beauty.vatthado hoti vaṇṇado; Giving a vehicle you give happiness.Yānado sukhado hoti, Giving a lamp you give vision.dīpado hoti cakkhudo.

And the giver of allSo ca sabbadado hoti, is the one who gives monastic quarters.yo dadāti upassayaṁ; But one who teaches the DhammaAmataṁ dado ca so hoti, gives the gift of freedom from death.”yo dhammamanusāsatī”ti.