Linked Discourses 37.28 3. Powers One (SN37.28)

1.1

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

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

1.2

Katamena ekena balena?

By means of what one power?

1.3

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.”

1.4

Catutthaṁ.