Dutiyavisākhāsutta

Suttapiṭaka · Aṅguttaranikāya · Sattakanipāta · Aṭṭhakanipāta · Navakanipāta · Vol. 23 · Section 137

[137] On one occasion the Blessed One was dwelling at Sāvatthī in the Eastern Park, in the mansion of Migāra's mother. Then Visākhā, Migāra's mother, … sat down to one side. As Visākhā, Migāra's mother, was sitting to one side, the Blessed One said this to her: "Visākhā, a woman possessed of eight qualities, with the breaking up of the body, after death, is reborn in companionship with the devas of agreeable form (manāpakāyikā devā). Which eight? Here, Visākhā, to whatever husband a woman's mother and father give her — desiring her good, seeking her welfare, sympathetic, out of sympathy — for him she rises before him and retires after him; she is heedful of whatever is to be done, agreeable in conduct, and endearing in speech. … And she is generous (cāgavatī): she dwells at home with a mind free from the stain of stinginess (macchera), freely generous, open-handed, delighting in relinquishment, devoted to charity, delighting in giving and sharing. Possessed of these eight qualities, Visākhā, a woman, with the breaking up of the body, after death, is reborn in companionship with the devas of agreeable form." She does not despise her husband, the man who always supports her — constantly ardent and eager — bringing her everything she desires. Nor does a good woman provoke her husband with words of jealousy; the wise woman honors all those whom her husband reveres. Diligent, not lazy, she treats his dependents with kindness; she conducts herself to please her husband and safeguards what he has earned. The woman who conducts herself thus, following the sway of her husband's wishes, is reborn among the devas called "agreeable" (manāpā).

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.