[490] Bhikkhus, a woman (mātugāma) may possess the power (bala) of beauty (rūpabala), but not the power of virtue (sīlabala): they expel her indeed; they do not keep her in the family. Bhikkhus, a woman may possess the power of beauty and the power of wealth (bhogabala), but not the power of virtue: they expel her indeed; they do not keep her in the family. Bhikkhus, a woman may possess the power of beauty, the power of wealth, and the power of relatives (ñātibala), but not the power of virtue: they expel her indeed; they do not keep her in the family. Bhikkhus, a woman may possess the power of beauty, the power of wealth, the power of relatives, and the power of children (puttabala), but not the power of virtue: they expel her indeed; they do not keep her in the family. But when, bhikkhus, a woman possesses the power of beauty, the power of wealth, the power of relatives, the power of children, and the power of virtue, they keep her indeed in the family; they do not expel her.
Bhikkhus, a woman may possess the power of virtue, but not the power of beauty: they keep her indeed in the family; they do not expel her. Bhikkhus, a woman may possess the power of virtue, but not the power of wealth: they keep her indeed in the family; they do not expel her. Bhikkhus, a woman may possess the power of virtue, but not the power of relatives: they keep her indeed in the family; they do not expel her. Bhikkhus, a woman may possess the power of virtue, but not the power of children: they keep her indeed in the family; they do not expel her.
These, bhikkhus, are the five powers of a woman.
The fifth.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.