Numbered Discourses 8.18 2. The Great Chapter Catching (2nd) (AN8.18)

1.1

“Aṭṭhahi, bhikkhave, ākārehi puriso itthiṁ bandhati.

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

1.2

Katamehi aṭṭhahi?

What eight?

1.3

Ruṇṇena, bhikkhave, puriso itthiṁ bandhati;

With weeping,

1.4

hasitena, bhikkhave, puriso itthiṁ bandhati;

laughing,

1.5

bhaṇitena, bhikkhave, puriso itthiṁ bandhati;

speaking,

1.6

ākappena, bhikkhave, puriso itthiṁ bandhati;

appearance,

1.7

vanabhaṅgena, bhikkhave, puriso itthiṁ bandhati;

gifts of wildflowers,

1.8

gandhena, bhikkhave, puriso itthiṁ bandhati;

scents,

1.9

rasena, bhikkhave, puriso itthiṁ bandhati;

tastes,

1.10

phassena, bhikkhave, puriso itthiṁ bandhati.

and touches.

1.11

Imehi kho, bhikkhave, aṭṭhahākārehi puriso itthiṁ bandhati.

A man catches a woman 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

Aṭṭhamaṁ.