{"id":"an8.48","title":"With Nakula’s Mother on the Agreeable Gods","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an8.48","title":"With Nakula’s Mother on the Agreeable Gods","units":[{"id":"an8.48:0","sourceIds":["an8.48:0.1","an8.48:0.2","an8.48:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 8.48\n5. Uposathavagga\nNakulamātāsutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 8.48\n5. Sabbath\nWith Nakula’s Mother on the Agreeable Gods"}},{"id":"an8.48:1","sourceIds":["an8.48:1.1","an8.48:1.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā bhaggesu viharati susumāragire bhesakaḷāvane migadāye.\nAtha kho nakulamātā gahapatānī yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā …pe…. Ekamantaṁ nisinnaṁ kho nakulamātaraṁ gahapatāniṁ bhagavā etadavoca:","en":"At one time the Buddha was staying in the land of the Bhaggas at Crocodile’s Bellow, in the deer park at Bhesakaḷā’s Wood.\nThen the housewife Nakula’s mother went up to the Buddha, bowed, and sat down to one side. The Buddha said to her:"}},{"id":"an8.48:2","sourceIds":["an8.48:2.1","an8.48:2.2","an8.48:2.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Aṭṭhahi kho, nakulamāte, dhammehi samannāgato mātugāmo kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā manāpakāyikānaṁ devānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjati.\nKatamehi aṭṭhahi?\nIdha, nakulamāte, mātugāmo yassa mātāpitaro bhattuno denti atthakāmā hitesino anukampakā anukampaṁ upādāya tassa hoti pubbuṭṭhāyinī pacchānipātinī kiṅkārapaṭissāvinī manāpacārinī piyavādinī.","en":"“Nakula’s mother, when they have eight qualities ladies—when their body breaks up, after death—are reborn in company with the Gods of the Agreeable Host.\nWhat eight?\nTake the case of a lady whose mother and father give her to a husband wanting what’s best for her, out of kindness and sympathy. She would get up before him and go to bed after him, and be obliging, behaving nicely and speaking politely."}},{"id":"an8.48:3","sourceIds":["an8.48:3.1","an8.48:3.2","an8.48:3.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ye te bhattu garuno honti—\nmātāti vā pitāti vā samaṇabrāhmaṇāti vā—\nte sakkaroti garuṁ karoti māneti pūjeti, abbhāgate ca āsanodakena paṭipūjeti.","en":"She honors, respects, esteems, and venerates those her husband respects, such as\nmother and father, and ascetics and brahmins.\nAnd when they arrive she serves them with a seat and water."}},{"id":"an8.48:4","sourceIds":["an8.48:4.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ye te bhattu abbhantarā kammantā—uṇṇāti vā kappāsāti vā—tattha dakkhā hoti analasā tatrupāyāya vīmaṁsāya samannāgatā alaṁ kātuṁ alaṁ saṁvidhātuṁ.","en":"She’s deft and tireless in her husband’s household duties, such as knitting and sewing. She understands how to go about things in order to complete and organize the work."}},{"id":"an8.48:5","sourceIds":["an8.48:5.1","an8.48:5.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yo so bhattu abbhantaro antojano—dāsāti vā pessāti vā kammakarāti vā—\ntesaṁ katañca katato jānāti akatañca akatato jānāti, gilānakānañca balābalaṁ jānāti khādanīyaṁ bhojanīyañcassa paccaṁsena saṁvibhajati.","en":"She knows what work her husband’s domestic bondservants, servants, and workers have completed, and what they’ve left incomplete.\nShe knows who is sick, and who is fit or unwell. She distributes to each a fair portion of fresh and cooked foods."}},{"id":"an8.48:6","sourceIds":["an8.48:6.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yaṁ bhattā āharati dhanaṁ vā dhaññaṁ vā rajataṁ vā jātarūpaṁ vā taṁ ārakkhena guttiyā sampādeti, tattha ca hoti adhuttī athenī asoṇḍī avināsikā.","en":"She ensures that any income her husband earns is guarded and protected, whether money, grain, silver, or gold. She doesn’t overspend, steal, waste, or lose it."}},{"id":"an8.48:7","sourceIds":["an8.48:7.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Upāsikā kho pana hoti buddhaṁ saraṇaṁ gatā dhammaṁ saraṇaṁ gatā saṅghaṁ saraṇaṁ gatā.","en":"She’s a lay follower who has gone for refuge to the Buddha, his teaching, and the Saṅgha."}},{"id":"an8.48:8","sourceIds":["an8.48:8.1","an8.48:8.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sīlavatī kho pana hoti—\npāṇātipātā paṭiviratā …pe… surāmerayamajjapamādaṭṭhānā paṭiviratā …pe….","en":"She’s ethical.\nShe doesn’t kill living creatures, steal, commit sexual misconduct, lie, or consume intoxicants of beer, wine, and liquor."}},{"id":"an8.48:9","sourceIds":["an8.48:9.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Cāgavatī kho pana hoti vigatamalamaccherena cetasā agāraṁ ajjhāvasati muttacāgā payatapāṇinī vossaggaratā yācayogā dānasaṁvibhāgaratā.","en":"She’s generous. She lives at home with heart rid of the stain of stinginess, freely generous, open-handed, loving to let go, committed to charity, loving to give and to share."}},{"id":"an8.48:10","sourceIds":["an8.48:10.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Imehi kho, nakulamāte, aṭṭhahi dhammehi samannāgato mātugāmo kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā manāpakāyikānaṁ devānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjatīti.","en":"When they possess these eight qualities ladies—when their body breaks up, after death—are reborn in company with the Gods of the Agreeable Host."}},{"id":"an8.48:11","sourceIds":["an8.48:11.1","an8.48:11.2","an8.48:11.3","an8.48:11.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yo naṁ bharati sabbadā,\nniccaṁ ātāpi ussuko;\nTaṁ sabbakāmadaṁ 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":"an8.48:12","sourceIds":["an8.48:12.1","an8.48:12.2","an8.48:12.3","an8.48:12.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Na cāpi sotthi bhattāraṁ,\nissāvādena 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":"an8.48:13","sourceIds":["an8.48:13.1","an8.48:13.2","an8.48:13.3","an8.48:13.4"],"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":"an8.48:14","sourceIds":["an8.48:14.1","an8.48:14.2","an8.48:14.3","an8.48:14.4","an8.48:14.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yā evaṁ vattati nārī,\nbhattu chandavasānugā;\nManāpā nāma te devā,\nyattha sā upapajjatī”ti.\nAṭṭhamaṁ.","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/an8.48/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."}