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Bhagavati Sūtra Bk. 8 Ch. 6
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Q. 210. Bhante! What merit does a follower derive in offering pure or impure, proper or improper, food, drink, etc., to one who is not restrained, not desisted, who has not stopped sinful deeds, nor has renounced them, though duly initated ?
उत्तर २१०-गोयमा ! एगंतसो से पावे कम्मे कज्जइ णत्थि से कावि णिज्जरा कज्जा ।
___A. 210. Gautama ! This leads to all sin and there is no exhaustion of karma whatsoever.
णिग्गंथं च णं गाहावइकुलं पिंडवायपडियाए अणुप्पविर्से केइ दोहिं पिंडेहिं उवणिमंतेज्जा-एगं आउसो ! अप्पणा भुंजाहि एग थेराणं दलयाहि। से य तं पडिग्गहेज्जा थेरा य से अणुगवेसियव्वा सिया जत्थेव अणुगवेसमाणे थेरे पासिज्जा तत्थेव अणुप्पदायव्वे सिया णो चेव णं अणुगवेसमाणे थेरे पासिज्जा तं णो अप्पणा भजेज्जा णो अण्णे सिं दावए। एगते अणावाए अचित्ते बहुफासुए थंडिल्ले पडिलेहेत्ता पमज्जित्ता परिट्ठावेयव्वे सिया।
Suppose a monk comes to a householder to beg food, and the said householder offers him two cakes and makes a request as follows : "Oh long-lived monk ! You take one cake for your use and give the other to some fellow monk.” The monk accepts the cakes, comes back to his lodge and looks for some fellow monk. If he finds one, he gives the cake to him ; but, if he does not, then, he neither takes the cake himself, nor gives it to another, but finds some safe, secluded, clean, life-free and appropriate spot, wipes it clean and deposits the cake. there,
णिग्गंथं च णं गाहावइकुलं पिंडवायपडियाए अणुप्पविठं केइ तीहिं पिंडेहिं उवणिमंतेज्जा-एगं आउसा ! अप्पणा भुंजाहि दो थेराणं दलयाहि । से य ते पडिग्गहेज्जा थेरा य से अणुगवेसेयवा सेसं तं चेव जाव...परिट्ठावेयव्वे सिया। एवं जाव...दसहिं पिंडेहिं उवणिमंतेज्जा। णवरं एगं आउसो!. अप्पणा भुंजाहि णव थेराणं दलयाहि । सेसं तं चेव जाव...परिट्ठावेयव्वे सिया।
