Catching (1st)

Paṭhamabandhanasutta

Catching (1st)

Paṭhamabandhanasutta

EN
“Mendicants, a woman catches a man using eight features. What eight? With weeping, laughing,
PL
“Aṭṭhahi, bhikkhave, ākārehi itthī purisaṁ bandhati. Katamehi aṭṭhahi? Ruṇṇena, bhikkhave, itthī purisaṁ bandhati; hasitena, bhikkhave, itthī purisaṁ bandhati;
EN
speaking, appearance, gifts of wildflowers, scents,
PL
bhaṇitena, bhikkhave, itthī purisaṁ bandhati; ākappena, bhikkhave, itthī purisaṁ bandhati; vanabhaṅgena, bhikkhave, itthī purisaṁ bandhati; gandhena, bhikkhave, itthī purisaṁ bandhati;
EN
tastes, and touches. A woman catches a man using these eight features. But those beings who are caught by touch are well and truly caught.”
PL
rasena, bhikkhave, itthī purisaṁ bandhati; phassena, bhikkhave, itthī purisaṁ bandhati. Imehi kho, bhikkhave, aṭṭhahākārehi itthī purisaṁ bandhati. Te, bhikkhave, sattā subaddhā, ye phassena baddhā”ti.
PL
Sattamaṁ.

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

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