Ten Discourses On How Giving Helps to Become Egg-BornAṇḍajadānūpakārasuttadasaka

Seated to one side, that mendicant said to the Buddha:Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

“Sir, what is the cause, what is the reason why someone, when their body breaks up, after death, is reborn in the company of the egg-born dragons?”“ko nu kho, bhante, hetu, ko paccayo, yena midhekacco kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā aṇḍajānaṁ nāgānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjatī”ti?

“Mendicant, it’s when someone does both kinds of deeds by body, speech, and mind.“Idha, bhikkhu, ekacco kāyena dvayakārī hoti, vācāya dvayakārī, manasā dvayakārī. And they’ve heard:Tassa sutaṁ hoti: ‘The egg-born dragons are long-lived, beautiful, and very happy.’‘aṇḍajā nāgā dīghāyukā vaṇṇavanto sukhabahulā’ti. They think:Tassa evaṁ hoti: ‘If only, when my body breaks up, after death, I would be reborn in the company of the egg-born dragons!’‘aho vatāhaṁ kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā aṇḍajānaṁ nāgānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjeyyan’ti. They give food …So annaṁ deti. drink …so pānaṁ deti …pe… clothing …vatthaṁ deti …pe… a vehicle …yānaṁ deti …pe… a garland …mālaṁ deti …pe… fragrance …gandhaṁ deti …pe… makeup …vilepanaṁ deti …pe… a bed …seyyaṁ deti …pe… a house …āvasathaṁ deti …pe… a lamp.padīpeyyaṁ deti. When their body breaks up, after death, they’re reborn in the company of the egg-born dragons.So kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā aṇḍajānaṁ nāgānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjati. This is the cause, this is the reason why someone, when their body breaks up, after death, is reborn in the company of the egg-born dragons.”Ayaṁ kho, bhikkhu, hetu, ayaṁ paccayo, yena midhekacco kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā aṇḍajānaṁ nāgānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjatī”ti.