Numbered Discourses 5
4. With Sumanā
37. Food
“Mendicants, when a giver gives food, they give the recipients five things. What five? Long life, beauty, happiness, strength, and inspiration. Giving long life, they have long life as a god or human. Giving beauty, they have beauty as a god or human. Giving happiness, they have happiness as a god or human. Giving strength, they have strength as a god or human. Giving inspiration, they have inspiration as a god or human. When a giver gives food, they give the recipients five things.
A wise person is a giver of life, strength,
beauty, and inspiration.
An intelligent giver of happiness
gains happiness in return.Giving life, strength, beauty,
happiness, and inspiration,
they’re long-lived and famous
wherever they’re reborn.”