Dutiyabandhanasutta

Aṅguttara Nikāya 8.18

Numbered Discourses 8.18

2. Mahāvagga

2. The Great Chapter

Dutiyabandhanasutta

Catching (2nd)

“Aṭṭhahi, bhikkhave, ākārehi puriso itthiṁ bandhati.

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

Katamehi aṭṭhahi?

What eight?

Ruṇṇena, bhikkhave, puriso itthiṁ bandhati;

With weeping,

hasitena, bhikkhave, puriso itthiṁ bandhati;

laughing,

bhaṇitena, bhikkhave, puriso itthiṁ bandhati;

speaking,

ākappena, bhikkhave, puriso itthiṁ bandhati;

appearance,

vanabhaṅgena, bhikkhave, puriso itthiṁ bandhati;

gifts of wildflowers,

gandhena, bhikkhave, puriso itthiṁ bandhati;

scents,

rasena, bhikkhave, puriso itthiṁ bandhati;

tastes,

phassena, bhikkhave, puriso itthiṁ bandhati.

and touches.

Imehi kho, bhikkhave, aṭṭhahākārehi puriso itthiṁ bandhati.

A man catches a woman 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.”

Aṭṭhamaṁ.