62.
Charity, virtue, liberality, rectitude, gentleness, devotion, good temper, humanity, patience, unobstructiveness—these, the ten duties of a king, should be observed without neglect.[1]
63.
A wise man, full of discrimination, brings about his benefit by a small means, just as a small fire by blowing (causes a great conflagration).
64.
A wife who does not commit violence, one who is like a thief, one who makes herself like the master, one like a mother, one like a sister, one like a slave, and the wife like a friend—these are said to be the seven kinds of wives.[2]
65.
A female at eight is termed "Gori" or "Dârikâ;" one at the age of twelve, or one yet a virgin, is called "Kaññâ."
66.
A female at twelve is called "Kumârî" or "Kumârikâ;" one older than that "Yuvatî" or "Tarunî."
67.
A woman who is old is called "Therî" or "Mahallikâ:" this method of naming should be duly observed.
- ↑ See stanza 266 of Dhammanîti.
- ↑ Suttapiṭakaṁ (Sigâlovâda Sutta). For explanation of the various terms in this stanza, see Hardy's "Manual of Buddhism," x. 17, or Jardine's "Notes on Buddhist Law," iii. 180.
