Paṭhamabandhanasutta

Aṅguttara Nikāya 8.17

Numbered Discourses 8.17

2. Mahāvagga

2. The Great Chapter

Paṭhamabandhanasutta

Catching (1st)

“Aṭṭhahi, bhikkhave, ākārehi itthī purisaṁ bandhati.

“Mendicants, a woman catches a man using eight features.

Katamehi aṭṭhahi?

What eight?

Ruṇṇena, bhikkhave, itthī purisaṁ bandhati;

With weeping,

hasitena, bhikkhave, itthī purisaṁ bandhati;

laughing,

bhaṇitena, bhikkhave, itthī purisaṁ bandhati;

speaking,

ākappena, bhikkhave, itthī purisaṁ bandhati;

appearance,

vanabhaṅgena, bhikkhave, itthī purisaṁ bandhati;

gifts of wildflowers,

gandhena, bhikkhave, itthī purisaṁ bandhati;

scents,

rasena, bhikkhave, itthī purisaṁ bandhati;

tastes,

phassena, bhikkhave, itthī purisaṁ bandhati.

and touches.

Imehi kho, bhikkhave, aṭṭhahākārehi itthī purisaṁ bandhati.

A woman catches a man using these eight features.

Te, bhikkhave, sattā subaddhā, ye phassena baddhā”ti.

But those beings who are caught by touch are well and truly caught.”

Sattamaṁ.