Persia

Kambojasutta

Persia

Kambojasutta

EN
At one time the Buddha was staying near Kosambī in Ghosita’s monastery. Then Venerable Ānanda went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him: “Sir, what is the cause, what is the reason why ladies don’t attend council meetings, work for a living, or travel to Persia?”
PL
Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā kosambiyaṁ viharati ghositārāme. Atha kho āyasmā ānando yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā ānando bhagavantaṁ etadavoca: “Ko nu kho, bhante, hetu ko paccayo, yena mātugāmo neva sabhāyaṁ nisīdati, na kammantaṁ payojeti, na kambojaṁ gacchatī”ti?
EN
“Ānanda, ladies are irritable, jealous, stingy, and unintelligent.
PL
“Kodhano, ānanda, mātugāmo; issukī, ānanda, mātugāmo; maccharī, ānanda, mātugāmo; duppañño, ānanda, mātugāmo—
EN
This is the cause, this is the reason why ladies don’t attend council meetings, work for a living, or travel to Persia.”
PL
ayaṁ kho, ānanda, hetu ayaṁ paccayo, yena mātugāmo neva sabhāyaṁ nisīdati, na kammantaṁ payojeti, na kambojaṁ gacchatī”ti. Dasamaṁ. Apaṇṇakavaggo tatiyo. Tassuddānaṁ
PL
Padhānaṁ diṭṭhisappurisa, Vadhukā dve ca honti aggāni; Kusināraacinteyyā, Dakkhiṇā ca vaṇijjā kambojanti.

Pāli root text and English translation by Bhikkhu Sujato from SuttaCentral (https://suttacentral.net), CC0.

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