PlantersVanaropasutta

“Whose merit always grows“Kesaṁ divā ca ratto ca, by day and by night?sadā puññaṁ pavaḍḍhati; What people—firm in principle, <j>accomplished in conduct—Dhammaṭṭhā sīlasampannā, are going to heaven?”ke janā saggagāmino”ti.

“Planters of parks or groves,“Ārāmaropā vanaropā, those who build a bridge,ye janā setukārakā; a drinking place and well,Papañca udapānañca, and those who give monastic quarters.ye dadanti upassayaṁ.

Their merit always growsTesaṁ divā ca ratto ca, by day and by night.sadā puññaṁ pavaḍḍhati; Those people—firm in principle, <j>accomplished in conduct—Dhammaṭṭhā sīlasampannā, are going to heaven.”te janā saggagāmino”ti.