Aṇguttara 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.
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'upasaṇkami.|| ||
Upasaṇkamitvā paññatte āsane nisīdi.|| ||
Tena kho pana samayena Anāthapiṇḍikassa gahapatissa nivesane manussā uccā-saddā mahā-saddā honti.|| ||
Atha kho Anāthapiṇḍiko gahapati yena Bhagavā ten'upasaṇkami.|| ||
Upasaṇkamitvā 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'upasaṇkami.|| ||
Upasaṇkamitvā 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 saṇkhittena bhāsitassa vitthārena atthaṃ ājānāmi.|| ||
Sādhu me bhante, Bhagavā tathā dhammaṃ desetu,||
yathā ahaṃ imassa Bhagavatā saṇkhittena 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.|| ||