Numbered Discourses

5. The Chapter on Sabbath

With Nakula’s Mother on the Agreeable Gods

Aṅguttara Nikāya

5. Uposathavagga

Nakulamātāsutta

Numbered Discourses

5. The Chapter on Sabbath

With Nakula’s Mother on the Agreeable Gods

Aṅguttara Nikāya

5. Uposathavagga

Nakulamātāsutta

The Buddha teaches the housewife Nakulamātā eight qualities through which a woman may be reborn among the Agreeable gods.

Ruta suttaAN 8.48Sutta PiṭakaAṅguttara Nikāya8. Aṭṭhakanipāta1. Paṭhamapaṇṇāsaka5. UposathavaggaNakulamātāsutta

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At one time the BuddhaBuddhaEl nombre dado a quien redescubre por sí mismo el sendero liberador del Dhamma, tras un largo período de haber sido olvidado por el mundo. Según la tradición, una larga línea de Buddhas se extiende hasta el pasado distante. El Buddha más reciente nació como Siddhattha Gotama en la India alrededor del año 500 a.e.c. Un joven bien educado y acomodado, renunció a su familia y su herencia principesca en la flor de la vida para buscar la verdadera libertad y el fin del sufrimiento (dukkha). Después de siete años de austeridades en el bosque, redescubrió el «camino medio» y alcanzó su meta, convirtiéndose en el Buddha.Ver en el glosario was staying in the land of the Bhaggas at Crocodile’s Bellow, in the deer park at Bhesakaḷā’s Wood. Then the housewife Nakula’s mother went up to the Buddha, bowed, and sat down to one side. The Buddha said to her:

Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā bhaggesu viharati susumāragire bhesakaḷāvane migadāye. *susumāragire → suṁsumāragire (bj, sya-all, pts1ed)Atha kho nakulamātā gahapatānī yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā …pe…. Ekamantaṁ nisinnaṁ kho nakulamātaraṁ gahapatāniṁ bhagavā etadavoca:

At one time the Buddha was staying in the land of the Bhaggas at Crocodile’s Bellow, in the deer park at Bhesakaḷā’s Wood.

Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā bhaggesu viharati susumāragire bhesakaḷāvane migadāye. *

Then the housewife Nakula’s mother went up to the Buddha, bowed, and sat down to one side. The Buddha said to her:

Atha kho nakulamātā gahapatānī yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā …pe…. Ekamantaṁ nisinnaṁ kho nakulamātaraṁ gahapatāniṁ bhagavā etadavoca:

At one time the Buddha was staying in the land of the Bhaggas at Crocodile’s Bellow, in the deer park at Bhesakaḷā’s Wood. Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā bhaggesu viharati susumāragire bhesakaḷāvane migadāye. *susumāragire → suṁsumāragire (bj, sya-all, pts1ed)Then the housewife Nakula’s mother went up to the Buddha, bowed, and sat down to one side. The Buddha said to her: Atha kho nakulamātā gahapatānī yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā …pe…. Ekamantaṁ nisinnaṁ kho nakulamātaraṁ gahapatāniṁ bhagavā etadavoca:

“Nakula’s mother, when they have eight qualities ladies—when their body breaks up, after death—are reborn in company with the Gods of the Agreeable Host. What eight?

“Aṭṭhahi kho, nakulamāte, dhammehi samannāgato mātugāmo kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā manāpakāyikānaṁ devānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjati. Katamehi aṭṭhahi?

“Nakula’s mother, when they have eight qualities ladies—when their body breaks up, after death—are reborn in company with the Gods of the Agreeable Host.

“Aṭṭhahi kho, nakulamāte, dhammehi samannāgato mātugāmo kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā manāpakāyikānaṁ devānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjati.

What eight?

Katamehi aṭṭhahi?

“Nakula’s mother, when they have eight qualities ladies—when their body breaks up, after death—are reborn in company with the Gods of the Agreeable Host. “Aṭṭhahi kho, nakulamāte, dhammehi samannāgato mātugāmo kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā manāpakāyikānaṁ devānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjati. What eight? Katamehi aṭṭhahi?

Idha, nakulamāte, mātugāmo yassa mātāpitaro bhattuno denti atthakāmā hitesino anukampakā anukampaṁ upādāya tassa hoti pubbuṭṭhāyinī pacchānipātinī kiṅkārapaṭissāvinī manāpacārinī piyavādinī.

Take the case of a lady whose mother and father give her to a husband wanting what’s best for her, out of kindness and sympathy. She would get up before him and go to bed after him, and be obliging, behaving nicely and speaking politely. Idha, nakulamāte, mātugāmo yassa mātāpitaro bhattuno denti atthakāmā hitesino anukampakā anukampaṁ upādāya tassa hoti pubbuṭṭhāyinī pacchānipātinī kiṅkārapaṭissāvinī manāpacārinī piyavādinī.

She honors, respects, esteems, and venerates those her husband respects, such as mother and father, and ascetics and brahmins. And when they arrive she serves them with a seat and water.

Ye te bhattu garuno honti—mātāti vā pitāti vā samaṇabrāhmaṇāti vā—te sakkaroti garuṁ karoti māneti pūjeti, abbhāgate ca āsanodakena paṭipūjeti.

She honors, respects, esteems, and venerates those her husband respects, such as

Ye te bhattu garuno honti—

mother and father, and ascetics and brahmins.

mātāti vā pitāti vā samaṇabrāhmaṇāti vā—

And when they arrive she serves them with a seat and water.

te sakkaroti garuṁ karoti māneti pūjeti, abbhāgate ca āsanodakena paṭipūjeti.

She honors, respects, esteems, and venerates those her husband respects, such as Ye te bhattu garuno honti—mother and father, and ascetics and brahmins. mātāti vā pitāti vā samaṇabrāhmaṇāti vā—And when they arrive she serves them with a seat and water. te sakkaroti garuṁ karoti māneti pūjeti, abbhāgate ca āsanodakena paṭipūjeti.

She’s deft and tireless in her husband’s household duties, such as knitting and sewing. She understands how to go about things in order to complete and organize the work.

Ye te bhattu abbhantarā kammantā—uṇṇāti vā kappāsāti vā—tattha dakkhā hoti analasā tatrupāyāya vīmaṁsāya samannāgatā alaṁ kātuṁ alaṁ saṁvidhātuṁ.

She’s deft and tireless in her husband’s household duties, such as knitting and sewing. She understands how to go about things in order to complete and organize the work.

Ye te bhattu abbhantarā kammantā—uṇṇāti vā kappāsāti vā—tattha dakkhā hoti analasā tatrupāyāya vīmaṁsāya samannāgatā alaṁ kātuṁ alaṁ saṁvidhātuṁ.

She’s deft and tireless in her husband’s household duties, such as knitting and sewing. She understands how to go about things in order to complete and organize the work. Ye te bhattu abbhantarā kammantā—uṇṇāti vā kappāsāti vā—tattha dakkhā hoti analasā tatrupāyāya vīmaṁsāya samannāgatā alaṁ kātuṁ alaṁ saṁvidhātuṁ.

She knows what work her husband’s domestic bondservants, servants, and workers have completed, and what they’ve left incomplete. She knows who is sick, and who is fit or unwell. She distributes to each a fair portion of fresh and cooked foods.

Yo so bhattu abbhantaro antojano—dāsāti vā pessāti vā kammakarāti vā—tesaṁ katañca katato jānāti akatañca akatato jānāti, gilānakānañca balābalaṁ jānāti khādanīyaṁ bhojanīyañcassa paccaṁsena saṁvibhajati.

She knows what work her husband’s domestic bondservants, servants, and workers have completed, and what they’ve left incomplete.

Yo so bhattu abbhantaro antojano—dāsāti vā pessāti vā kammakarāti vā—

She knows who is sick, and who is fit or unwell. She distributes to each a fair portion of fresh and cooked foods.

tesaṁ katañca katato jānāti akatañca akatato jānāti, gilānakānañca balābalaṁ jānāti khādanīyaṁ bhojanīyañcassa paccaṁsena saṁvibhajati.

She knows what work her husband’s domestic bondservants, servants, and workers have completed, and what they’ve left incomplete. Yo so bhattu abbhantaro antojano—dāsāti vā pessāti vā kammakarāti vā—She knows who is sick, and who is fit or unwell. She distributes to each a fair portion of fresh and cooked foods. tesaṁ katañca katato jānāti akatañca akatato jānāti, gilānakānañca balābalaṁ jānāti khādanīyaṁ bhojanīyañcassa paccaṁsena saṁvibhajati.

She ensures that any income her husband earns is guarded and protected, whether money, grain, silver, or gold. She doesn’t overspend, steal, waste, or lose it.

Yaṁ bhattā āharati dhanaṁ vā dhaññaṁ vā rajataṁ vā jātarūpaṁ vā taṁ ārakkhena guttiyā sampādeti, tattha ca hoti adhuttī athenī asoṇḍī avināsikā.

She ensures that any income her husband earns is guarded and protected, whether money, grain, silver, or gold. She doesn’t overspend, steal, waste, or lose it.

Yaṁ bhattā āharati dhanaṁ vā dhaññaṁ vā rajataṁ vā jātarūpaṁ vā taṁ ārakkhena guttiyā sampādeti, tattha ca hoti adhuttī athenī asoṇḍī avināsikā.

She ensures that any income her husband earns is guarded and protected, whether money, grain, silver, or gold. She doesn’t overspend, steal, waste, or lose it. Yaṁ bhattā āharati dhanaṁ vā dhaññaṁ vā rajataṁ vā jātarūpaṁ vā taṁ ārakkhena guttiyā sampādeti, tattha ca hoti adhuttī athenī asoṇḍī avināsikā.

She’s a lay follower who has gone for refuge to the Buddha, his teaching, and the SaṅghaSaṅghaEste término denota tanto: la «comunidad monástica» (comunidades de monjes y monjas budistas) en quienes los seguidores laicos toman refugio; como aquellos seguidores del Buddha, laicos u ordenados, que han alcanzado al menos la entrada en la corriente (ver sotāpanna), el primero de los senderos transcendentes (ver magga) que culmina en nibbāna. Recientemente en EE.UU., el término «sangha» se ha transformado para significar el sentido más amplio de «comunidad de seguidores en el sendero budista», aunque este uso no tiene base en el canon pali. El término parisā se usa en este sentido más amplio en los textos tempranos.Ver en el glosario.

Upāsikā kho pana hoti buddhaṁ saraṇaṁ gatā dhammaṁ saraṇaṁ gatā saṅghaṁ saraṇaṁ gatā.

She’s a lay follower who has gone for refuge to the Buddha, his teaching, and the Saṅgha.

Upāsikā kho pana hoti buddhaṁ saraṇaṁ gatā dhammaṁ saraṇaṁ gatā saṅghaṁ saraṇaṁ gatā.

She’s a lay follower who has gone for refuge to the Buddha, his teaching, and the Saṅgha. Upāsikā kho pana hoti buddhaṁ saraṇaṁ gatā dhammaṁ saraṇaṁ gatā saṅghaṁ saraṇaṁ gatā.

She’s ethical. She doesn’t kill living creatures, steal, commit sexual misconduct, lie, or consume intoxicants of beer, wine, and liquor.

Sīlavatī kho pana hoti—pāṇātipātā paṭiviratā …pe… surāmerayamajjapamādaṭṭhānā paṭiviratā …pe….

She’s ethical.

Sīlavatī kho pana hoti—

She doesn’t kill living creatures, steal, commit sexual misconduct, lie, or consume intoxicants of beer, wine, and liquor.

pāṇātipātā paṭiviratā …pe… surāmerayamajjapamādaṭṭhānā paṭiviratā …pe….

She’s ethical. Sīlavatī kho pana hoti—She doesn’t kill living creatures, steal, commit sexual misconduct, lie, or consume intoxicants of beer, wine, and liquor. pāṇātipātā paṭiviratā …pe… surāmerayamajjapamādaṭṭhānā paṭiviratā …pe….

She’s generous. She lives at home rid of the stain of stinginess, freely generous, open-handed, loving to let go, committed to charity, loving to give and to share.

Cāgavatī kho pana hoti vigatamalamaccherena cetasā agāraṁ ajjhāvasati muttacāgā payatapāṇinī vossaggaratā yācayogā dānasaṁvibhāgaratā.

She’s generous. She lives at home rid of the stain of stinginess, freely generous, open-handed, loving to let go, committed to charity, loving to give and to share.

Cāgavatī kho pana hoti vigatamalamaccherena cetasā agāraṁ ajjhāvasati muttacāgā payatapāṇinī vossaggaratā yācayogā dānasaṁvibhāgaratā.

She’s generous. She lives at home rid of the stain of stinginess, freely generous, open-handed, loving to let go, committed to charity, loving to give and to share. Cāgavatī kho pana hoti vigatamalamaccherena cetasā agāraṁ ajjhāvasati muttacāgā payatapāṇinī vossaggaratā yācayogā dānasaṁvibhāgaratā.

When they possess these eight qualities ladies—when their body breaks up, after death—are reborn in company with the Gods of the Agreeable Host.

Imehi kho, nakulamāte, aṭṭhahi dhammehi samannāgato mātugāmo kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā manāpakāyikānaṁ devānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjatīti.

When they possess these eight qualities ladies—when their body breaks up, after death—are reborn in company with the Gods of the Agreeable Host.

Imehi kho, nakulamāte, aṭṭhahi dhammehi samannāgato mātugāmo kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā manāpakāyikānaṁ devānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjatīti.

When they possess these eight qualities ladies—when their body breaks up, after death—are reborn in company with the Gods of the Agreeable Host. Imehi kho, nakulamāte, aṭṭhahi dhammehi samannāgato mātugāmo kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā manāpakāyikānaṁ devānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjatīti.

She’d never look down on her husband, who’s always eager to work hard, always looking after her, and bringing whatever she wants.

Yo naṁ bharati sabbadā, niccaṁ ātāpi ussuko; Taṁ sabbakāmadaṁ posaṁ, bhattāraṁ nātimaññati.

She’d never look down on her husband,

Yo naṁ bharati sabbadā,

who’s always eager to work hard,

niccaṁ ātāpi ussuko;

always looking after her,

Taṁ sabbakāmadaṁ posaṁ,

and bringing whatever she wants.

bhattāraṁ nātimaññati.

She’d never look down on her husband, Yo naṁ bharati sabbadā, who’s always eager to work hard, niccaṁ ātāpi ussuko; always looking after her, Taṁ sabbakāmadaṁ posaṁ, and bringing whatever she wants. bhattāraṁ nātimaññati.

And a good woman never scolds her husband with jealous words. Being astute, she reveres those respected by her husband.

Na cāpi sotthi bhattāraṁ, issāvādena rosaye; Bhattu ca garuno sabbe, paṭipūjeti paṇḍitā.

And a good woman never scolds her husband

Na cāpi sotthi bhattāraṁ,

with jealous words.

issāvādena rosaye;

Being astute, she reveres

Bhattu ca garuno sabbe,

those respected by her husband.

paṭipūjeti paṇḍitā.

And a good woman never scolds her husband Na cāpi sotthi bhattāraṁ, with jealous words. issāvādena rosaye; Being astute, she reveres Bhattu ca garuno sabbe, those respected by her husband. paṭipūjeti paṇḍitā.

She gets up early, works tirelessly, and manages the domestic help. She’s agreeable to her husband, and preserves his wealth.

Uṭṭhāhikā analasā, saṅgahitaparijjanā; Bhattu manāpaṁ carati, sambhataṁ anurakkhati.

She gets up early, works tirelessly,

Uṭṭhāhikā analasā,

and manages the domestic help.

saṅgahitaparijjanā;

She’s agreeable to her husband,

Bhattu manāpaṁ carati,

and preserves his wealth.

sambhataṁ anurakkhati.

She gets up early, works tirelessly, Uṭṭhāhikā analasā, and manages the domestic help. saṅgahitaparijjanā; She’s agreeable to her husband, Bhattu manāpaṁ carati, and preserves his wealth. sambhataṁ anurakkhati.

A lady who fulfills these duties according to her husband’s desire, is reborn among the gods called ‘Agreeable’.”

Yā evaṁ vattati nārī, bhattu chandavasānugā; Manāpā nāma te devā, *Manāpā nāma te → manāpakāyikā (si, mr)yattha sā upapajjatī”ti.

A lady who fulfills these duties

Yā evaṁ vattati nārī,

according to her husband’s desire,

bhattu chandavasānugā;

is reborn among the gods

Manāpā nāma te devā, *

called ‘Agreeable’.”

yattha sā upapajjatī”ti.

A lady who fulfills these duties Yā evaṁ vattati nārī, according to her husband’s desire, bhattu chandavasānugā; is reborn among the gods Manāpā nāma te devā, *Manāpā nāma te → manāpakāyikā (si, mr)called ‘Agreeable’.” yattha sā upapajjatī”ti.

Aṭṭhamaṁ.