Saṃyutta Nikāya
4. Saḷāyatana Vagga
37. Mātugāma Saṃyutta
3. Tatiya Vagga
Sutta 28
Eka Suttaṃ
Adapted from the 1995 edition of the digital version of the Sri Lanka Buddha Jayanti Tripitaka Series.
Ekaṃ samayaṃ Bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi|| ||
"Bhikkhavo" ti.|| ||
"Bhadante" ti||
te bhikkhū Bhagavato paccassosuṃ.|| ||
3. Bhagavā etad avoca:|| ||
"Ekena ca kho bhikkhave balena samannāgato puriso mātu-gāmaṃ abhibhuyya vattati.|| ||
Katamena ekena?|| ||
Issariya-balena.|| ||
Issariya-balena abhibhūtaṃ bhikkhave mātu-gāmaṃ n'eva rūpa-balaṃ tāyati,||
na bhoga-balaṃ tāyati,||
na ñāti-balaṃ tāyati,||
na putta-balaṃ tāyati,||
na sīla-balaṃ tāyatī" ti.|| ||
