{"id":"sn3.16","title":"A Daughter","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn3.16","title":"A Daughter","units":[{"id":"sn3.16:0","sourceIds":["sn3.16:0.1","sn3.16:0.2","sn3.16:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 3.16\n2. Dutiyavagga\nMallikāsutta","en":"Linked Discourses 3.16\n2. Childless\nA Daughter"}},{"id":"sn3.16:1","sourceIds":["sn3.16:1.1","sn3.16:1.2","sn3.16:1.3","sn3.16:1.4","sn3.16:1.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sāvatthinidānaṁ.\nAtha kho rājā pasenadi kosalo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi.\nAtha kho aññataro puriso yena rājā pasenadi kosalo tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā rañño pasenadissa kosalassa upakaṇṇake ārocesi:\n“mallikā, deva, devī dhītaraṁ vijātā”ti.\nEvaṁ vutte, rājā pasenadi kosalo anattamano ahosi.","en":"At Sāvatthī.\nThen King Pasenadi of Kosala went up to the Buddha, bowed, and sat down to one side.\nThen a man went up to the king and whispered in his ear,\n“Your Majesty, Queen Mallikā has given birth to a daughter.”\nWhen this was said, King Pasenadi was disappointed."}},{"id":"sn3.16:2","sourceIds":["sn3.16:2.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho bhagavā rājānaṁ pasenadiṁ kosalaṁ anattamanataṁ viditvā tāyaṁ velāyaṁ imā gāthāyo abhāsi:","en":"Then, knowing that King Pasenadi was disappointed, on that occasion the Buddha recited these verses:"}},{"id":"sn3.16:3","sourceIds":["sn3.16:3.1","sn3.16:3.2","sn3.16:3.3","sn3.16:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Itthīpi hi ekacciyā,\nseyyā posa janādhipa;\nMedhāvinī sīlavatī,\nsassudevā patibbatā.","en":"“Well, some women are better than men,\nO ruler of the people.\nWise and virtuous, a devoted wife\nwhose mother-in-law is her queen."}},{"id":"sn3.16:4","sourceIds":["sn3.16:4.1","sn3.16:4.2","sn3.16:4.3","sn3.16:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassā yo jāyati poso,\nsūro hoti disampati;\nTādisā subhagiyā putto,\nrajjampi anusāsatī”ti.","en":"And when she has a son,\nhe becomes a hero, O lord of the land.\nThe son of such a blessed lady\nmay even rule the realm.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn3.16/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."}