Buddha: His Life, his Doctrine, his Order c8.s1.t5.29

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to take his life, up to the best who, like a servant, is always submissive to her husband's will, and bears without a murmur all he says and does. "These, Sujâtâ, are the seven kinds of wives which a man may have. What kind among these art thou?"—"From this day forward, sire, may the Exalted One esteem me one who is to her husband a wife who resembles a servant."