3. Balavagga

3. Powers

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Saṁyutta Nikāya 37.28

Linked Discourses 37.28

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3. Balavagga

3. Powers

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Ekasutta

One

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“Ekena ca kho, bhikkhave, balena samannāgato puriso mātugāmaṁ abhibhuyya vattati.

“Mendicants, by means of one power a man lives having mastered a lady.

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Katamena ekena balena?

By means of what one power?

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Issariyabalena abhibhūtaṁ mātugāmaṁ neva rūpabalaṁ tāyati, na bhogabalaṁ tāyati, na ñātibalaṁ tāyati, na puttabalaṁ tāyati, na sīlabalaṁ tāyatī”ti.

When a lady has been mastered by the power of authority, her powers of attractiveness, wealth, relatives, children, and ethical behavior do not avail her.”

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Catutthaṁ.