Sudattasutta

Atha kho anāthapiṇḍiko gahapati yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinnaṁ kho anāthapiṇḍikaṁ gahapatiṁ bhagavā etadavoca:

Then the householder Anāthapiṇḍika went up to the Buddha, bowed, and sat down to one side. The Buddha said to him:

“Bhojanaṁ, gahapati, dadamāno ariyasāvako paṭiggāhakānaṁ cattāri ṭhānāni deti. Katamāni cattāri? Āyuṁ deti, vaṇṇaṁ deti, sukhaṁ deti, balaṁ deti. Āyuṁ kho pana datvā āyussa bhāgī hoti dibbassa vā mānusassa vā. Vaṇṇaṁ datvā … sukhaṁ datvā … balaṁ datvā balassa bhāgī hoti dibbassa vā mānusassa vā. Bhojanaṁ, gahapati, dadamāno ariyasāvako paṭiggāhakānaṁ imāni cattāri ṭhānāni detīti.

“Householder, when a noble disciple gives food, they give the recipients four things. What four? Long life, beauty, happiness, and strength. Giving long life, they have long life as a god or human. … Giving beauty … happiness … strength … When a noble disciple gives food, they give the recipients these four things.

Yo saññatānaṁ paradattabhojinaṁ, Kālena sakkacca dadāti bhojanaṁ; Cattāri ṭhānāni anuppavecchati, Āyuñca vaṇṇañca sukhaṁ balañca.

Carefully giving food at the right time, to those who are disciplined, <j>eating only what others give, you provide them with four things: long life, beauty, happiness, and strength.

So āyudāyī vaṇṇadāyī, sukhaṁ balaṁ dado naro; Dīghāyu yasavā hoti, yattha yatthūpapajjatī”ti. Aṭṭhamaṁ.

A person who gives long life, beauty, happiness, and strength, has long life and fame wherever they’re reborn.”