Sampannavatthaala`nkaaraa, daana.m denti ime janaa;
possessed of clothes and ornaments / charity / (they) give / these /
people
"Possessing clothes and ornaments, these people give charity.
paratthapi paha.t.thaava, sampattimanubhonti te.
hereafter-just so / delighted-certainly / success-experience / they
Just so, they experience success hereafter, delighted certainly.
Buddhuppaado aya.m daani, dhammo loke pavattati;
time in which a Buddha is born / this / now / Dhamma / in world /
(it) persists
This is now the time in which a Buddha is born, the Dhamma persists
in the world.
susiilaa daani vattanti, dakkhi.neyyaa jinorasaa.
virtuous / now / (they) proceed / worthy of gifts / Sons of the Buddha
The virtuous ones proceed now. The Sons of the Buddha are worthy of
gifts.
Anaava.t.thito sa.msaaro, apaayaa khalu puuritaa;
not settled / Samsara / hells / indeed / full
Samsara is not secure. Hells are indeed full.
kalyaa.navimukhaa sattaa, kaama.m gacchanti duggati.m.
turning away from good / people / sensual pleasure / (they) go / evil
state
Turning away from good, people go to sensual pleasure, to evil state.
Idaani dukkhito hutvaa, jiivaami kasirenaha.m;
now / unhappy / having been / (I) live / with difficulty-I
(I am) unhappy now, with difficulty I live.
daliddo kapa.no diino, appabhogo anaa.lhiyo.
wretched / poor / miserable / having little wealth / destitute
Wretched, poor and miserable; having little wealth, broke.
Idaani biija.m ropemi, sukhette saadhusammate;
now / seed / (I) sow / in fertile land / regarded as good
I sow the seed now, in the fertile land considered as good.
appevanaama tenaaha.m, parattha sukhito siyaa.
I reckon / by this-I / hereafter / happy / should be
By this, I reckon I should be happy hereafter."
Iti cintiya bhikkhitvaa, bhati.m katvaana nekadhaa;
thus / having thought over / having asked for / wages / having made /
in one way
Thus, having thought over, begged and made wages in one way,
ma.n.dapa.m tattha kaaretvaa, nimantetvaana bhikkhavo.
hall / there / having caused to be built / having invited / monks
got the hall built there and invited the monks,
AAyaasena adaasaaha.m, paayasa.m amataayaso;
with trouble / gave-I / milk porridge / ???
With trouble, I gave milk porridge ???
tena kammavipaakena, devaloke manorame.
with that / with result of action / in heavenly world / in beautiful
With that result of action, in the beautiful heavenly world
Jaatomhi dibbakaamehi, modamaano anekadhaa;
born-I am / with heavenly joys / rejoicing / not once
I am born, with heavenly joys; rejoicing not (only) once.
diighaayuko va.n.navanto, tejasiica ahosaha.m.
having a long life / beautiful / in glory-and / was-I
Having a long life, beautiful and in glory I was
Saavatthiya~nhi devasika.m anaathapi.n.dikassa gehe dve
bhikkhuusahassaani bhu~njanti, tathaa visaakhaaya mahaa-upaasikaaya.
in Saavatthi-indeed / daily / of Anaathapi.n.dika / in house / two /
monk-thousands / eat / likewise / for Visaakhaa / for great lay woman
Indeed, in Saavatthi, in the house of Anaathapi.n.dika, two thousand
monks lunch daily, likewise for the great lay woman Visaakhaa.