“Whose merit always grows “Kesaṁ divā ca ratto ca, by day and by night? sadā puññaṁ pavaḍḍhati; What people—firm in principle, <j>accomplished in conduct—Dhammaṭṭhā sīlasampannā, are going to heaven?” ke janā saggagāmino”ti.

“Planters of parks or groves, “Ārāmaropā vanaropā, those who build a bridge, ye janā setukārakā; a drinking place and well, Papañca udapānañca, and those who give monastic quarters. ye dadanti upassayaṁ.

Their merit always grows Tesaṁ divā ca ratto ca, by day and by night. sadā puññaṁ pavaḍḍhati; Those people—firm in principle, <j>accomplished in conduct—Dhammaṭṭhā sīlasampannā, are going to heaven.” te janā saggagāmino”ti.