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Black Cobras (2nd)

Dutiyakaṇhasappasutta

Five ways a woman is like a black snake.

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.230Numbered Discourses 5.230
  • 0.223. Dīghacārikavagga23. Long Wandering

0.3DutiyakaṇhasappasuttaBlack Cobras (2nd)

1.1PTS 3.261“Pañcime, bhikkhave, ādīnavā kaṇhasappe.“Mendicants, there are these five drawbacks of a black cobra.1.2Katame pañca?What five?1.3Kodhano, upanāhī, ghoraviso, dujjivho, mittadubbhī.It’s irritable, acrimonious, venomous, fork-tongued, and treacherous.1.4Ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca ādīnavā kaṇhasappe.These are the five dangers of a black cobra.

2.1Evamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, pañcime ādīnavā mātugāme.In the same way there are these five drawbacks of a lady.2.2Katame pañca?What five?2.3Kodhano, upanāhī, ghoraviso, dujjivho, mittadubbhī.She’s irritable, acrimonious, venomous, fork-tongued, and treacherous.2.4Tatridaṁ, bhikkhave, mātugāmassa ghoravisatā—This is a lady’s venom:2.5yebhuyyena, bhikkhave, mātugāmo tibbarāgo.usually she’s very lustful.2.6Tatridaṁ, bhikkhave, mātugāmassa dujjivhatā—This is a lady’s forked tongue:2.7yebhuyyena, bhikkhave, mātugāmo pisuṇavāco.usually she backbites.2.8Tatridaṁ, bhikkhave, mātugāmassa mittadubbhitā—This is a lady’s treachery:2.9yebhuyyena, bhikkhave, mātugāmo aticārinī.usually she’s an adulteress.2.10Ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca ādīnavā mātugāme”ti.These are the five drawbacks of a lady.”

2.11Dasamaṁ.

2.12Dīghacārikavaggo tatiyo.

3.0Tassuddānaṁ

3.1Dve dīghacārikā vuttā,3.2atinivāsamaccharī;3.3Dve ca kulūpakā bhogā,3.4bhattaṁ sappāpare duveti.