Saṁyutta Nikāya:
IV. Saḷāyatana Vagga
37: Mātugāma Saṁyutta

37: Kindred Sayings about Womankind

Sutta 26

Pasayhā Suttaṁ

By Force

 

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[1]Thus have I heard:

The Exalted One once addressed the brethren, saying:

"Brethren."

"Lord," responded those brethren to the Exalted One.

The Exalted One thus spoke:

"There are these five powers in a woman, brethren.

What five?

The power of beauty,
the power of wealth,
the power of kin,
the power of sons,
the power of virtue.

These are the five.

Possessed of these five powers, Brethren,
a woman dwells at home overpowering her husband.