Aṅguttara Nikāya
Sattaka Nipāta
Avyākata Vagga

Sutta 59

Sattabhariyā Suttaṃ

Adapted from the 1995 edition of the digital version of the Sri Lanka Buddha Jayanti Tripitaka Series.

 

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[91]

EVAṂ ME SUTAṂ.|| ||

Ekaṃ samayaṃ Bhagavā sāvattiyaṃ viharati Jetavane Anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.|| ||

Atha kho Bhagavā pubbaṇha-samayaṃ nivāsetvā patta-cīvaraṃ ādāya yena Anāthapiṇḍikassa gahapatissa nivesanaṃ ten'upasaṅkami.|| ||

Upasaṅkamitvā paññatte āsane nisīdi.|| ||

Tena kho pana samayena Anāthapiṇḍikassa gahapatissa nivesane manussā uccā-saddā mahā-saddā honti.|| ||

Atha kho Anāthapiṇḍiko gahapati yena Bhagavā ten'upasaṅkami.|| ||

Upasaṅkamitvā Bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā eka-m-antaṃ nisīdi.|| ||

Eka-m-antaṃ nisinnaṃ kho Anāthapiṇḍikaṃ gahapatiṃ Bhagavā etad avoca:|| ||

Kin nu te gahapati nivesane manussā uccā-saddā mahā-saddā, kevaṭṭā maññe maccha vilopeti?|| ||

Ayaṃ bhante, sujātā gharasuṇhā aḍḍhā aḍaḍhakulā ānītā.|| ||

Sā n'eva sassuṃ ādiyati.|| ||

Na sAsuraṃ ādiyati.|| ||

Na sāmikaṃ ādiyati.|| ||

Bhagavantampi na sakkaroti,||
na garukaroti na māneti,||
na pūjetī ti.|| ||

Atha kho Bhagavā Sujātaṃ gharasuṇhaṃ āmantesi ehi sujāteti.|| ||

"Evaṃ bhante" ti kho Sujātā gharasuṇhā Bhagavato paṭi-s-sutvā yena Bhagavā ten'upasaṅkami.|| ||

Upasaṅkamitvā Bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā eka-m-antaṃ nisīdi.|| ||

Eka-m-antaṃ nisinnaṃ kho Sujātaṃ gharasuṇhaṃ Bhagavā [92] etad avoca:|| ||

Satta kho imā sujāte, purisassa bhariyāyo.|| ||

Katamā satta?|| ||

Vadhakasamā,||
vorisamā,||
ayyasamā,||
mātusamā,||
bhaginīsamā,||
sakhīsamā,||
dāsisamā,||
imā kho sujāte, satta purisassa bhariyāyo|| ||

Tāsaṃ tvaṃ katamāti.|| ||

Na kho ahaṃ bhante,||
imassa Bhagavatā saṅkhittena bhāsitassa vitthārena atthaṃ ājānāmi.|| ||

Sādhu me bhante, Bhagavā tathā dhammaṃ desetu,||
yathā ahaṃ imassa Bhagavatā saṅkhittena bhāsitassa vitthārena atthaṃ ājāneyyanti.|| ||

Tena hi sujāte,||
sūṇāhi,||
sādhukaṃ mana-sikarohi,||
bhāsissāmiti.|| ||

"Evaṃ bhante" ti kho sujātā gharasuṇhā Bhagavato paccassosi.|| ||

Bhagavā etad avoca:|| ||

 

Paduṭṭha-cittā ahitānukampinī||
Aññesu rattā atimaññate patiṃ,||
Dhanena kītassa vadhāya ussukā,||
Yā eva-rūpā purisassa bhariyā||
Vadhakā ca bhariyāti ca sā pavuccati|| ||

Yaṃ itthiyā vindati sāmiko dhanaṃ||
Sippaṃ vaṇijjañca kasiṃ adhiṭṭhahaṃ,||
Appampi tasmā1 apahātumicchati,||
Yā eva-rūpā purisassa bhariyā||
Cori ca bhariyāti ca sā pavuccati.|| ||

Akamma-kāmā alasā mahagghasā||
Pharusā caṇḍī ca duruttavādinī,||
Uṭṭhāyakānaṃ abhibhūyya vattati,||
Yā eva-rūpā purisassa bhariyā||
Ayyā ca bhariyāti ca sā pavuccati.|| ||

[93] Yā sabbadā hoti hitānukampinī||
Mātāva puttaṃ anurakkhate patiṃ,||
Tato dhanaṃ sambhatamassa rakkhati,||
Yā eva-rūpā purisassa bhariyā||
Mātā ca bhariyāti ca sā pavuccati.|| ||

Yathā pi jeṭṭhe bhaginī kaniṭṭhā||
Sagāravā hoti sakamhi sāmike,||
Hirimanā3 bhattuvasānuvattīnī,||
Yā eva-rūpā purisassa bhariyā||
Bhagini ca bhariyāti ca sā pavuccati.|| ||

Yā cīdha disvāna patiṃ pamodati||
Sakhī sakhāraṃva cirassamāgataṃ,||
Koleyyakā sīla-vatī patibbatā,||
Yā eva rūpā purisassa bhariyā||
Sabhī ca bhariyāti ca sā pavuccati.|| ||

Akkuddhasantā vadhadaṇḍatajjitā,||
Aduṭṭhacittā patino titikkhati,||
A-k-kodhanā bhattuvasānuvattīnī,||
Yā eva-rūpā purisassa bhariyā||
Dāsī ca bhariyāti ca sā pavuccati.|| ||

Yā cīdha bhariyā vadhakāti vuccati,||
Cori ca ayāti ca yā pavuccati,||
Dussīlarūpā pharusā anādarā||
Kāyassa bhedā Nirayaṃ vajanti tā.|| ||

Yā cīdhāmātā bhaginī sakhī ca||
Dāsī ca hariyāti ca yā pavuccati,||
Sīle ṭhitattā cirarattasaṃvutā||
Kāyassa bhedā sugatiṃ vajanti tā.|| ||

Imā kho sujāte satta purisassa bhariyāyo.|| ||

Tāsaṃ tvaṃ katamā ti?|| ||

[94] Ajja-t-agge maṃ bhante,||
Bhagavā dāsi samaṃ sāmikassa bhariyaṃ dhāretū ti.|| ||