{"id":"sn9.8","title":"The Mistress of the House","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn9.8","title":"The Mistress of the House","units":[{"id":"sn9.8:0","sourceIds":["sn9.8:0.1","sn9.8:0.2","sn9.8:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 9.8\n1. Vanavagga\nKulagharaṇīsutta","en":"Linked Discourses 9.8\n1. In the Woods\nThe Mistress of the House"}},{"id":"sn9.8:1","sourceIds":["sn9.8:1.1","sn9.8:1.2","sn9.8:1.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ekaṁ samayaṁ aññataro bhikkhu kosalesu viharati aññatarasmiṁ vanasaṇḍe.\nTena kho pana samayena so bhikkhu aññatarasmiṁ kule ativelaṁ ajjhogāḷhappatto viharati.\nAtha kho yā tasmiṁ vanasaṇḍe adhivatthā devatā tassa bhikkhuno anukampikā atthakāmā taṁ bhikkhuṁ saṁvejetukāmā yā tasmiṁ kule kulagharaṇī, tassā vaṇṇaṁ abhinimminitvā yena so bhikkhu tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā taṁ bhikkhuṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:","en":"At one time one of the monks was staying in the land of the Kosalans in a certain forest grove.\nNow at that time that monk had become too closely involved in the affairs of a certain family.\nThe deity haunting that forest had sympathy for that monk, wanting what’s best for him. So, wanting to stir him up, they manifested in the appearance of the mistress of that family, approached the monk, and addressed him in verse:"}},{"id":"sn9.8:2","sourceIds":["sn9.8:2.1","sn9.8:2.2","sn9.8:2.3","sn9.8:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Nadītīresu saṇṭhāne,\nsabhāsu rathiyāsu ca;\nJanā saṅgamma mantenti,\nmañca tañca kimantaran”ti.","en":"“At river banks and guest houses,\nhotels and highways,\npeople gather to gossip about\nwhat’s going on between you and me.”"}},{"id":"sn9.8:3","sourceIds":["sn9.8:3.1","sn9.8:3.2","sn9.8:3.3","sn9.8:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Bahūhi saddā paccūhā,\nkhamitabbā tapassinā;\nNa tena maṅku hotabbaṁ,\nna hi tena kilissati.","en":"“There are many sounds echoing\nthat a fervent ascetic must endure.\nThey ought not be dismayed by that,\nfor that’s not what defiles you."}},{"id":"sn9.8:4","sourceIds":["sn9.8:4.1","sn9.8:4.2","sn9.8:4.3","sn9.8:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yo ca saddaparittāsī,\nvane vātamigo yathā;\nLahucittoti taṁ āhu,\nnāssa sampajjate vatan”ti.","en":"If you’re startled by every little sound,\nlike a wind-deer in the wood,\nthey’ll call you ‘flighty minded’;\nand your practice won’t succeed.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn9.8/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}