Saṁyutta Nikāya:
IV. Saḷāyatana Vagga
37: Mātugāma Saṁyutta

37: Kindred Sayings about Womankind

Suttas 15-24

Anuruddho II: Sukkapakkho

Anuruddha 2. The Bright Fortnight

 


 

Thus have I heard:

Then the venerable Anuruddha came to visit the Exalted One
on coming to him greeted him courteously,
and after the exchange of greetings and compliments
sat down at one side.

Seated at one side he said to the Exalted One: -

"Herein, lord, with clairvoyant eye,
purified and superhuman,
I behold womankind,
when body breaks up,
after death,
being reborn in the Happy Lot,
in the Heavenly World.

Of what qualities possessed, lord,
is womankind,
when body breaks up,
after death,
reborn in the Happy Lot,
in the Heavenly World?

 


 

Sutta 15
Anuruddho II: Sukkapakkho: 1

Akodhano

Not Wrathful

Possessed of five things, Anuruddha, womankind,
when body breaks up,
after death,
is reborn in the Happy Lot,
in the Heavenly World.

What five?

She is faithful,
and she is modest,
and she is scrupulous,
and she is not wrathful,
and she is rich in wisdom.

These are the five things possessed of which, womankind,
when body breaks up,
after death,
is reborn in the Happy Lot,
in the Heavenly World.

 


 

Sutta 16
Anuruddho II: Sukkapakkho: 2

Anupanāhī

Not Grudging

Possessed of five things, Anuruddha, womankind,
when body breaks up,
after death,
is reborn in the Happy Lot,
in the Heavenly World.

What five?

She is faithful,
and she is modest,
and she is scrupulous,
and she is not grudging,
and she is rich in wisdom.

These are the five things possessed of which, womankind,
when body breaks up,
after death,
is reborn in the Happy Lot,
in the Heavenly World.

 


 

Sutta 17
Anuruddho II: Sukkapakkho: 3

Anissukī

Not Envious

Possessed of five things, Anuruddha, womankind,
when body breaks up,
after death,
is reborn in the Happy Lot,
in the Heavenly World.

What five?

She is faithful,
and she is modest,
and she is scrupulous,
and she is not envious,
and she is rich in wisdom.

These are the five things possessed of which, womankind,
when body breaks up,
after death,
is reborn in the Happy Lot,
in the Heavenly World.

 


 

Sutta 18
Anuruddho II: Sukkapakkho: 4

Amacchāri

Not Stingy

Possessed of five things, Anuruddha, womankind,
when body breaks up,
after death,
is reborn in the Happy Lot,
in the Heavenly World.

What five?

She is faithful,
and she is modest,
and she is scrupulous,
and she is not stingy,
and she is rich in wisdom.

These are the five things possessed of which, womankind,
when body breaks up,
after death,
is reborn in the Happy Lot,
in the Heavenly World.

 


 

Sutta 19
Anuruddho II: Sukkapakkho: 5

Anaticārī

No Adulteress

Possessed of five things, Anuruddha, womankind,
when body breaks up,
after death,
is reborn in the Happy Lot,
in the Heavenly World.

What five?

She is faithful,
and she is modest,
and she is scrupulous,
and she is no adulteress,
and she is rich in wisdom.

These are the five things possessed of which, womankind,
when body breaks up,
after death,
is reborn in the Happy Lot,
in the Heavenly World.

 


 

Sutta 20
Anuruddho II: Sukkapakkho: 6

Sīlavā

Moral

Possessed of five things, Anuruddha, womankind,
when body breaks up,
after death,
is reborn in the Happy Lot,
in the Heavenly World.

What five?

She is faithful,
and she is modest,
and she is scrupulous,
and she is moral,
and she is rich in wisdom.

These are the five things possessed of which, womankind,
when body breaks up,
after death,
is reborn in the Happy Lot,
in the Heavenly World.

 


 

Sutta 21
Anuruddho II: Sukkapakkho: 7

Bahussuto

Of Wide Knowledge

Possessed of five things, Anuruddha, womankind,
when body breaks up,
after death,
is reborn in the Happy Lot,
in the Heavenly World.

What five?

She is faithful,
and she is modest,
and she is scrupulous,
and she is of wide knowledge,
and she is rich in wisdom.

These are the five things possessed of which, womankind,
when body breaks up,
after death,
is reborn in the Happy Lot,
in the Heavenly World.

 


 

Sutta 22
Anuruddho II: Sukkapakkho: 8

Viriya

Energetic

Possessed of five things, Anuruddha, womankind,
when body breaks up,
after death,
is reborn in the Happy Lot,
in the Heavenly World.

What five?

She is faithful,
and she is modest,
and she is scrupulous,
and she is energetic,
and she is rich in wisdom.

These are the five things possessed of which, womankind,
when body breaks up,
after death,
is reborn in the Happy Lot,
in the Heavenly World.

 


 

Sutta 23
Anuruddho II: Sukkapakkho: 9

Sati

Has Her Wits About Her

Possessed of five things, Anuruddha, womankind,
when body breaks up,
after death,
is reborn in the Happy Lot,
in the Heavenly World.

What five?

She is faithful,
and she is modest,
and she is scrupulous,
and she has her wits about her,
and she is rich in wisdom.

These are the five things possessed of which, womankind,
when body breaks up,
after death,
is reborn in the Happy Lot,
in the Heavenly World.

 


 

Sutta 24
Anuruddho II: Sukkapakkho: 10

Pañcasīla

Observes the Fivefold Charges

Possessed of five things, Anuruddha, womankind,
when body breaks up,
after death,
is reborn in the Happy Lot,
in the Heavenly World.

What five?

She abstains from taking life,
and she abstains from taking what is not given,
and she abstains from acting wrongly in sense-desires,
and she abstains from telling lies,
and she abstains from indulgence in fermented and distilled liquor,
intoxicants causing sloth.

These are the five things possessed of which, womankind,
when body breaks up,
after death,
is reborn in the Happy Lot,
in the Heavenly World.