1.1“Pañcimāni, bhikkhave, mātugāmassa balāni.“Mendicants, there are these five powers of a lady.1.2Katamāni pañca?What five?1.3Rūpabalaṁ, bhogabalaṁ, ñātibalaṁ, puttabalaṁ, sīlabalaṁ.Attractiveness, wealth, relatives, children, and ethical behavior.

1.4Na, bhikkhave, mātugāmo rūpabalahetu vā bhogabalahetu vā ñātibalahetu vā puttabalahetu vā kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sugatiṁ saggaṁ lokaṁ upapajjati.It is not because of the powers of attractiveness, wealth, relatives, or children that ladies, when their body breaks up, after death, are reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.1.5Sīlabalahetu kho, bhikkhave, mātugāmo kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sugatiṁ saggaṁ lokaṁ upapajjati.It is because of the power of ethical behavior that ladies, when their body breaks up, after death, are reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.

1.6Imāni kho, bhikkhave, pañca mātugāmassa balānī”ti.These are the five powers of a lady.”

1.7Sattamaṁ.