40(10)Sal TreesAn expanded parallel of 3:48.All the items mentioned in the simile of the mountain are identical in both suttas,but 3:48 reduces them to three by grouping together several as compounds,while the present sutta enumerates them separately.The present sutta adds learning (suta)and generosity(cāga)to the things people grow in.The verses are identical in both suttas.
An expanded parallel of 3:48.All the items mentioned in the simile of the mountain are identical in both suttas,but 3:48 reduces them to three by grouping together several as compounds,while the present sutta enumerates them separately.The present sutta adds learning (suta)and generosity(cāga)to the things people grow in.The verses are identical in both suttas."Bhikkhus,based on the Himalayas,the king of mountains,great sal trees grow in five ways.
What five?
(1)They grow in branches,leaves,and foliage;
(2)they grow in bark;
(3)they grow in shoots;
(4)they grow in softwood;
and (5)they growin heartwoud.
Based on the Himalayas,the king of mountains,great sal trees grow in these five ways.
"So too,when the head of the family
Here and below,I read kulapatim with Ce and Ee,as against Be kulaputtam.Be of my 3:48(3:49 in Be's own enumeration)has kulapatim in the corresponding place.is endowed with faith,the people in the family who depend on him grow in five ways.
What five?
(1)They grow in faith;
(2)they grow in virtuous behavior;
(3)they grow in learning;
(4)they grow in generosity;
and (5)they grow in wisdom.
When the head of a family isendowed with faith,the people in the family who depend on him grow in these five ways."
Just as the trees that grow
in dependence on a rocky mountain in a vast forest wilderness might become great woodland lords,
his wife,children,and relatives all grow in dependence on him;
so too his companions,his family circle,and those dependent on him.
Those possessed of discernment,
seeing that virtuous man's good conduct,his generosity and good deeds,emulate his example.
Having lived here in accord with Dhamma,the path leading to a good destination,
those who desire sensual pleasures rejoice,delighting in the deva world:[45]