Aṅguttara Nikāya
VIII. Aṭṭhaka Nipāta
IV. Dāna Vagga
The Book of the Eights
IV: On Giving
Sutta 32
Dutiya Dāna Suttaṃ
On giving (b)
[236] [161]
[1][olds][bodh]
Faith, modesty1 and faultless giving -
These are the things wise men pursue.
This is the way2 divine, they say,
The high-way to the deva-world.3
1 Hiriyaṃ, a rare form of hiri.
2 Magga.
3 Quoted at Kvu 341; trsl. 199; Expositor 217; Vv.A. 194.