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Linked Discourses 37.31 – Saṁyutta Nikāya 37.31

3. Powers – 3. Balavagga

SN 37.31 Cause – Hetusutta

 

“Bhikkhū, there are these five powers of a female.

“Pañcimāni, bhikkhave, mātugāmassa balāni.

What five?

Katamāni pañca?

Attractiveness, wealth, relatives, children, and ethical behavior.

Rūpabalaṁ, bhogabalaṁ, ñātibalaṁ, puttabalaṁ, sīlabalaṁ.

It is not because of the powers of attractiveness, wealth, relatives, or children that females, when their body breaks up, after death, are reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.

Na, bhikkhave, mātugāmo rūpabalahetu vā bhogabalahetu vā ñātibalahetu vā puttabalahetu vā kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sugatiṁ saggaṁ lokaṁ upapajjati.

It is because of the power of ethical behavior that females, when their body breaks up, after death, are reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.

Sīlabalahetu kho, bhikkhave, mātugāmo kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sugatiṁ saggaṁ lokaṁ upapajjati.

These are the five powers of a female.”

Imāni kho, bhikkhave, pañca mātugāmassa balānī”ti.