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Numbered Discourses · AN 5.229

  • Numbered Discourses 5.229Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.229
  • 23. Long Wandering23. Dīghacārikavagga

Black Cobras (1st)Paṭhamakaṇhasappasutta

“Mendicants, there are these five drawbacks of a black cobra.“Pañcime, bhikkhave, ādīnavā kaṇhasappe. What five?Katame pañca? It’s filthy, stinking, cowardly, frightening, and treacherous.Asuci, duggandho, sabhīru, sappaṭibhayo, mittadubbhī. These are the five dangers of a black cobra.Ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca ādīnavā kaṇhasappe.

In the same way there are these five drawbacks of a lady.Evamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, pañcime ādīnavā mātugāme. What five?Katame pañca? She’s filthy, stinking, cowardly, frightening, and treacherous.Asuci, duggandho, sabhīru, sappaṭibhayo, mittadubbhī. These are the five drawbacks of a lady.”Ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca ādīnavā mātugāme”ti.

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