5: The Book of the Fives
XXIII. Long Wandering — AN 5.229: Black Snakes (1st)
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1“Mendicants, there are these five drawbacks of a black snake. What five? It’s filthy, stinking, cowardly, frightening, and treacherous. These are the five dangers of a black snake.
2In the same way there are five drawbacks of a female. What five? She’s filthy, stinking, cowardly, frightening, and treacherous. These are the five drawbacks of a female.”
1"Pañcime, bhikkhave, ādīnavā kaṇhasappe. Katame pañca? Asuci, duggandho, sabhīru, sappaṭibhayo, mittadubbhī. Ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca ādīnavā kaṇhasappe.
2Evamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, pañcime ādīnavā mātugāme. Katame pañca? Asuci, duggandho, sabhīru, sappaṭibhayo, mittadubbhī. Ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca ādīnavā mātugāme"ti.
Navamaṁ.