This is a Sanskrit & English translation of https://suttacentral.net/sn1.43/pli/ms

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सम्युक्तनिकायः १.४३ — अन्नसूक्तम्
saṃyuktanikāyaḥ 1.43 — annasūktam
Saṃyukta Nikāya 1.43 — Food

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“अन्नमेवाभिनन्दन्ति, उभौ देवमनुष्यौ।
अथ को नाम स यक्षो, यमन्नं नाभिनन्दयति” इति॥
“annam evābhinandanti, ubhau devamanuṣyau.
atha ko nāma sa yakṣo, yam annaṃ nābhinandayati” iti.
“Both gods and humans delight in food.
So what kind of yakṣa (spirit) is it that food does not delight?”

“ये तद्ददति श्रद्धया, विप्रसन्नेन चेतसा।
तमेवान्नं भजते,ऽस्मिन् लोके परे च ह॥
“ye tad dadati śraddhayā, viprasannena cetasā.
tan evānnaṃ bhājayati, ’smin loke pare'pi ca.
“Those who give it with faith, with a clear and tranquil mind,
that very food serves them in this world and the next.

तस्माद्विनीय मात्सर्यं, दद्याद्दानं मलाभिभूः।
पुण्यानि परलोकेऽस्मिन्, प्रतिष्ठा भवन्ति प्राणिनाम्” इति॥
tasmād vinīya mātsaryaṃ, dadyād dānaṃ malābhibhūḥ.
puṇyāni paraloke ’smin, pratiṣṭhā bhavanti prāṇinām” iti.
Therefore, having overcome stinginess, one should give a gift, conquering the stain (of avarice).
Merits are the support for living beings in the next world.”