“Mendicants, there are these five powers of a lady. “Pañcimāni, bhikkhave, mātugāmassa balāni. What five? Katamāni pañca?

Attractiveness, wealth, relatives, children, and ethical behavior. Rūpabalaṁ, bhogabalaṁ, ñātibalaṁ, puttabalaṁ, sīlabalaṁ.

A lady who has the power of attractiveness but not the power of wealth Rūpabalena ca, bhikkhave, mātugāmo samannāgato hoti, na ca bhogabalena—is incomplete in that respect. evaṁ so tenaṅgena aparipūro hoti. But when she has the power of attractiveness and the power of wealth Yato ca kho, bhikkhave, mātugāmo rūpabalena ca samannāgato hoti, bhogabalena ca—she’s complete in that respect. evaṁ so tenaṅgena paripūro hoti.

A lady who has the powers of attractiveness and wealth, but not the power of relatives Rūpabalena ca, bhikkhave, mātugāmo samannāgato hoti, bhogabalena ca, na ca ñātibalena—is incomplete in that respect. evaṁ so tenaṅgena aparipūro hoti. But when she has the powers of attractiveness, wealth, and relatives Yato ca kho, bhikkhave, mātugāmo rūpabalena ca samannāgato hoti, bhogabalena ca, ñātibalena ca—she’s complete in that respect. evaṁ so tenaṅgena paripūro hoti.

A lady who has the powers of attractiveness, wealth, and relatives, but not the power of children Rūpabalena ca, bhikkhave, mātugāmo samannāgato hoti, bhogabalena ca, ñātibalena ca, na ca puttabalena—is incomplete in that respect. evaṁ so tenaṅgena aparipūro hoti. But when she has the powers of attractiveness, wealth, relatives, and children Yato ca kho, bhikkhave, mātugāmo rūpabalena ca samannāgato hoti, bhogabalena ca, ñātibalena ca, puttabalena ca—she’s complete in that respect. evaṁ so tenaṅgena paripūro hoti.

A lady who has the powers of attractiveness, wealth, relatives, and children, but not the power of ethical behavior Rūpabalena ca, bhikkhave, mātugāmo samannāgato hoti, bhogabalena ca, ñātibalena ca, puttabalena ca, na ca sīlabalena—is incomplete in that respect. evaṁ so tenaṅgena aparipūro hoti. But when she has the powers of attractiveness, wealth, relatives, children, and ethical behavior Yato ca kho, bhikkhave, mātugāmo rūpabalena ca samannāgato hoti, bhogabalena ca, ñātibalena ca, puttabalena ca, sīlabalena ca—she’s complete in that respect. evaṁ so tenaṅgena paripūro hoti.

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

Pañcamaṁ.