Saṁyutta Nikāya 37.28
Translators: sujato
Linked Discourses 37.28
3. Balavagga
3. Powers
Ekasutta
One
“Ekena ca kho, bhikkhave, balena samannāgato puriso mātugāmaṁ abhibhuyya vattati.
“Mendicants, when a man has one power he has a female under his mastery.
Katamena ekena balena?
What one power?
Issariyabalena abhibhūtaṁ mātugāmaṁ neva rūpabalaṁ tāyati, na bhogabalaṁ tāyati, na ñātibalaṁ tāyati, na puttabalaṁ tāyati, na sīlabalaṁ tāyatī”ti.
The power of authority. Mastered by this, a female’s powers of attractiveness, wealth, relatives, children, and ethical behavior do not avail her.”
Catutthaṁ.