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#### Saṁyutta Nikāya
4. Saḷāyatana Vagga
37. Mātugāma Saṁyutta
3. Tatiya Vagga

#### Sutta 28

# Eka Suttaṁ

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

[246]

[1][pts] Evaṁ me sutaṁ:|| ||

Ekaṁ samayaṁ Bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi|| ||

"Bhikkhavo" ti.|| ||

"Bhadante" ti||
te bhikkhū Bhagavato paccassosuṁ.|| ||

3. Bhagavā etad avoca:|| ||

"Ekena ca kho bhikkhave balena samannāgato puriso mātu-gāmaṁ abhibhuyya vattati.|| ||

Katamena ekena?|| ||

Issariya-balena.|| ||

Issariya-balena abhibhūtaṁ bhikkhave mātu-gāmaṁ n'eva rūpa-balaṁ tāyati,||
na bhoga-balaṁ tāyati,||
na ñāti-balaṁ tāyati,||
na putta-balaṁ tāyati,||
na sīla-balaṁ tāyatī" ti.|| ||

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