{"id":"an5.33","title":"With Uggaha","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an5.33","title":"With Uggaha","units":[{"id":"an5.33:0","sourceIds":["an5.33:0.1","an5.33:0.2","an5.33:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.33\n4. Sumanavagga\nUggahasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 5.33\n4. With Sumanā\nWith Uggaha"}},{"id":"an5.33:1","sourceIds":["an5.33:1.1","an5.33:1.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā bhaddiye viharati jātiyā vane.\nAtha kho uggaho meṇḍakanattā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho uggaho meṇḍakanattā bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:","en":"At one time the Buddha was staying near Bhaddiya in Jātiyā Wood.\nThen Uggaha, Meṇḍaka’s grandson, went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him,"}},{"id":"an5.33:2","sourceIds":["an5.33:2.1","an5.33:2.2","an5.33:2.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Adhivāsetu me, bhante, bhagavā svātanāya attacatuttho bhattan”ti.\nAdhivāsesi bhagavā tuṇhībhāvena.\nAtha kho uggaho meṇḍakanattā bhagavato adhivāsanaṁ viditvā uṭṭhāyāsanā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṁ katvā pakkāmi.","en":"“Sir, would the Buddha, together with three other monks, please accept tomorrow’s meal from me?”\nThe Buddha consented with silence.\nThen, knowing that the Buddha had consented, Uggaha rose from his seat, bowed, and respectfully circled the Buddha, keeping him on his right, before leaving."}},{"id":"an5.33:3","sourceIds":["an5.33:3.1","an5.33:3.2","an5.33:3.3","an5.33:3.4","an5.33:3.5","an5.33:3.6","an5.33:3.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho bhagavā tassā rattiyā accayena pubbaṇhasamayaṁ nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya yena uggahassa meṇḍakanattuno nivesanaṁ tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā paññatte āsane nisīdi.\nAtha kho uggaho meṇḍakanattā bhagavantaṁ paṇītena khādanīyena bhojanīyena sahatthā santappesi sampavāresi.\nAtha kho uggaho meṇḍakanattā bhagavantaṁ bhuttāviṁ onītapattapāṇiṁ ekamantaṁ nisīdi.\nEkamantaṁ nisinno kho uggaho meṇḍakanattā bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“imā me, bhante, kumāriyo patikulāni gamissanti.\nOvadatu tāsaṁ, bhante, bhagavā;\nanusāsatu tāsaṁ, bhante, bhagavā, yaṁ tāsaṁ assa dīgharattaṁ hitāya sukhāyā”ti.","en":"Then when the night had passed, the Buddha robed up in the morning and, taking his bowl and robe, went to Uggaha’s home, where he sat down on the seat spread out.\nThen Uggaha served and satisfied the Buddha with his own hands with delicious fresh and cooked foods.\nWhen the Buddha had eaten and washed his hand and bowl, Uggaha sat down to one side,\nand said to him,\n“Sir, these girls of mine will be going to their husbands’ families.\nMay the Buddha please advise\nand instruct them. It will be for their lasting welfare and happiness.”"}},{"id":"an5.33:4","sourceIds":["an5.33:4.1","an5.33:4.2","an5.33:4.3","an5.33:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho bhagavā tā kumāriyo etadavoca:\n“tasmātiha, kumāriyo, evaṁ sikkhitabbaṁ:\n‘yassa vo mātāpitaro bhattuno dassanti atthakāmā hitesino anukampakā anukampaṁ upādāya, tassa bhavissāma pubbuṭṭhāyiniyo pacchānipātiniyo kiṅkārapaṭissāviniyo manāpacāriniyo piyavādiniyo’ti.\nEvañhi vo, kumāriyo, sikkhitabbaṁ.","en":"Then the Buddha said to those girls:\n“So, girls, you should train like this:\n‘Our parents will give us to a husband wanting what’s best, out of kindness and sympathy. We will get up before him and go to bed after him, and be obliging, behaving nicely and speaking politely.’\nThat’s how you should train."}},{"id":"an5.33:5","sourceIds":["an5.33:5.1","an5.33:5.2","an5.33:5.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tasmātiha, kumāriyo, evaṁ sikkhitabbaṁ:\n‘ye te bhattu garuno bhavissanti mātāti vā pitāti vā samaṇabrāhmaṇāti vā, te sakkarissāma garuṁ karissāma mānessāma pūjessāma abbhāgate ca āsanodakena paṭipūjessāmā’ti.\nEvañhi vo, kumāriyo, sikkhitabbaṁ.","en":"So, girls, you should train like this:\n‘Those our husband respects—mother and father, ascetics and brahmins—we will honor, respect, revere, and venerate, and serve with a seat and a drink when they come as guests.’\nThat’s how you should train."}},{"id":"an5.33:6","sourceIds":["an5.33:6.1","an5.33:6.2","an5.33:6.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tasmātiha, kumāriyo, evaṁ sikkhitabbaṁ:\n‘ye te bhattu abbhantarā kammantā uṇṇāti vā kappāsāti vā, tattha dakkhā bhavissāma analasā, tatrupāyāya vīmaṁsāya samannāgatā, alaṁ kātuṁ alaṁ saṁvidhātun’ti.\nEvañhi vo, kumāriyo, sikkhitabbaṁ.","en":"So, girls, you should train like this:\n‘We will be deft and tireless in doing domestic duties for our husband, such as knitting and sewing. We will have an understanding of how to go about things in order to complete and organize the work.’\nThat’s how you should train."}},{"id":"an5.33:7","sourceIds":["an5.33:7.1","an5.33:7.2","an5.33:7.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tasmātiha, kumāriyo, evaṁ sikkhitabbaṁ:\n‘yo so bhattu abbhantaro antojano dāsāti vā pessāti vā kammakarāti vā, tesaṁ katañca katato jānissāma akatañca akatato jānissāma, gilānakānañca balābalaṁ jānissāma, khādanīyaṁ bhojanīyañcassa paccaṁsena saṁvibhajissāmā’ti.\nEvañhi vo, kumāriyo, sikkhitabbaṁ.","en":"So, girls, you should train like this:\n‘We will know what work our husband’s domestic bondservants, servants, and workers have completed, and what they’ve left incomplete. We will know who is sick, and who is fit or unwell. We will distribute to each a fair portion of fresh and cooked foods.’\nThat’s how you should train."}},{"id":"an5.33:8","sourceIds":["an5.33:8.1","an5.33:8.2","an5.33:8.3","an5.33:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tasmātiha, kumāriyo, evaṁ sikkhitabbaṁ:\n‘yaṁ bhattā āharissati dhanaṁ vā dhaññaṁ vā rajataṁ vā jātarūpaṁ vā, taṁ ārakkhena guttiyā sampādessāma, tattha ca bhavissāma adhuttī athenī asoṇḍī avināsikāyo’ti.\nEvañhi vo, kumāriyo, sikkhitabbaṁ.\nImehi kho, kumāriyo, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato mātugāmo kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā manāpakāyikānaṁ devānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjatīti.","en":"So, girls, you should train like this:\n‘We will ensure that any income our husbands earn is guarded and protected, whether money, grain, silver, or gold. We will not overspend, steal, waste, or lose it.’\nThat’s how you should train.\nWhen they possess these five qualities, ladies—when their body breaks up, after death—are reborn in company with the Gods of the Agreeable Host."}},{"id":"an5.33:9","sourceIds":["an5.33:9.1","an5.33:9.2","an5.33:9.3","an5.33:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yo naṁ bharati sabbadā,\nniccaṁ ātāpi ussuko;\nSabbakāmaharaṁ posaṁ,\nbhattāraṁ nātimaññati.","en":"She’d never look down on her husband,\nwho’s always eager to work hard,\nalways looking after her,\nand bringing whatever she wants."}},{"id":"an5.33:10","sourceIds":["an5.33:10.1","an5.33:10.2","an5.33:10.3","an5.33:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Na cāpi sotthi bhattāraṁ,\nissācārena rosaye;\nBhattu ca garuno sabbe,\npaṭipūjeti paṇḍitā.","en":"And a good woman never scolds her husband\nwith jealous words.\nBeing astute, she reveres\nthose respected by her husband."}},{"id":"an5.33:11","sourceIds":["an5.33:11.1","an5.33:11.2","an5.33:11.3","an5.33:11.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Uṭṭhāhikā analasā,\nsaṅgahitaparijjanā;\nBhattu manāpaṁ carati,\nsambhataṁ anurakkhati.","en":"She gets up early, works tirelessly,\nand manages the domestic help.\nShe’s agreeable to her husband,\nand preserves his wealth."}},{"id":"an5.33:12","sourceIds":["an5.33:12.1","an5.33:12.2","an5.33:12.3","an5.33:12.4","an5.33:12.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yā evaṁ vattatī nārī,\nbhattuchandavasānugā;\nManāpā nāma te devā,\nyattha sā upapajjatī”ti.\nTatiyaṁ.","en":"A lady who fulfills these duties\naccording to her husband’s desire,\nis reborn among the gods\ncalled ‘Agreeable’.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an5.33/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}