But the kinds of wives here called mother, sister, comrade, and bondservant; steadfast in their own morality, restrained for a long time, when their body breaks up they set course for a good place.
Sujātā, these are the seven kinds of wife that a man can have. Which one of these are you?”
“Sir, from this day forth may the Buddha remember me as a wife like a bondservant.”
Numbered Discourses 7.64 6. The Undeclared Points Irritable
“Mendicants, these seven things that please and assist an enemy happen to an irritable woman or man. What seven?
Firstly, an enemy wishes for an enemy: ‘If only they’d become ugly!’ Why is that? Because an enemy doesn’t like to have a beautiful enemy. An irritable individual, overcome and overwhelmed by anger, is ugly, even though they’re nicely bathed and anointed, with hair and beard dressed, and wearing white clothes. This is the first thing that pleases and assists an enemy which happens to an irritable woman or man.
Furthermore, an enemy wishes for an enemy: ‘If only they’d sleep badly!’ Why is that? Because an enemy doesn’t like to have an enemy who sleeps at ease. An irritable individual, overcome and overwhelmed by anger, sleeps badly, even though they sleep on a couch spread with woolen covers—shag-piled, pure white, or embroidered with flowers—and spread with a fine deer hide, with a canopy above and red pillows at both ends. This is the second thing …