Numbered Discourses 8.17 2. The Great Chapter Catching (1st) (AN8.17)

1.1

“Aṭṭhahi, bhikkhave, ākārehi itthī purisaṁ bandhati.

“Mendicants, a woman catches a man using eight features.

1.2

Katamehi aṭṭhahi?

What eight?

1.3

Ruṇṇena, bhikkhave, itthī purisaṁ bandhati;

With weeping,

1.4

hasitena, bhikkhave, itthī purisaṁ bandhati;

laughing,

1.5

bhaṇitena, bhikkhave, itthī purisaṁ bandhati;

speaking,

1.6

ākappena, bhikkhave, itthī purisaṁ bandhati;

appearance,

1.7

vanabhaṅgena, bhikkhave, itthī purisaṁ bandhati;

gifts of wildflowers,

1.8

gandhena, bhikkhave, itthī purisaṁ bandhati;

scents,

1.9

rasena, bhikkhave, itthī purisaṁ bandhati;

tastes,

1.10

phassena, bhikkhave, itthī purisaṁ bandhati.

and touches.

1.11

Imehi kho, bhikkhave, aṭṭhahākārehi itthī purisaṁ bandhati.

A woman catches a man using these eight features.

1.12

Te, bhikkhave, sattā subaddhā, ye phassena baddhā”ti.

But those beings who are caught by touch are well and truly caught.”

1.13

Sattamaṁ.