諸經要集 7.20

7.20

Furthermore, the *Ekottarika-āgama* states: A woman has five powers with which she holds her husband in contempt. What are the five? First, the power of physical beauty; second, the power of relatives; third, the power of agricultural wealth; fourth, the power of sons; and fifth, the power of self-restraint. These are called the woman's five powers by which she then holds her husband in contempt. A husband has one power that completely overshadows that woman: that is, the power of wealth and noble status. Now, the wicked Māra Pāpīyas also has five powers: namely, sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and tangible objects. Ignorant people attach to these five things and cannot attain liberation. If a noble disciple accomplishes the single power of non-negligence and is not bound by them, he is then able to discern the phenomena of birth, old age, sickness, and death, surpass the five powers of Māra, not fall into Māra's realm, and reach the unconditioned state. At that time, the Bhagavat spoke this verse: