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SN 37.14PTS SN 4.2431 min read

Five Threats

Pañcaverasutta

A woman who doesn’t keep five precepts has a bad rebirth.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 37.14Linked Discourses 37.14
  • 0.21. Paṭhamapeyyālavagga1. Abbreviated Texts

0.3PañcaverasuttaFive Threats

1.1“Pañcahi, anuruddha, dhammehi samannāgato mātugāmo …pe… nirayaṁ upapajjati.“Anuruddha, when ladies have five qualities, when their body breaks up, after death, they are reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell.1.2Katamehi pañcahi?What five?1.3Pāṇātipātī ca hoti, adinnādāyī ca hoti, kāmesumicchācārī ca hoti, musāvādī ca hoti, surāmerayamajjappamādaṭṭhāyī ca hoti—They kill living creatures, steal, commit sexual misconduct, lie, and consume intoxicants of beer, wine, and liquor.1.4imehi kho, anuruddha, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato mātugāmo kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā apāyaṁ duggatiṁ vinipātaṁ nirayaṁ upapajjatī”ti.When ladies possess these five qualities, when their body breaks up, after death, they are reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell.”

1.5Cuddasamaṁ.

1.6Paṭhamapeyyālavaggo.

2.0Tassuddānaṁ

2.1Mātugāmo puriso ca,2.2āveṇikā tidhammo ca;2.3Kodhano upanāhī ca,2.4issukī maccharena ca;2.5Aticārī ca dussīlo,2.6appassuto ca kusīto;2.7Muṭṭhassati pañcaveraṁ,2.8kaṇhapakkhe pakāsito.