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# King Mahāsudassana 1.8

Mahāsudassanasutta 1.8

- **Language:** Pāli

### [1.8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17.1.8.1)

Atha kho, ānanda, rājā mahāsudassano uṭṭhāyāsanā ekaṃsaṃ uttarāsaṅgaṃ karitvā vāmena hatthena suvaṇṇabhiṅkāraṃ gahetvā dakkhiṇena hatthena cakkaratanaṃ abbhukkiri:

> Then King Mahāsudassana, rising from his seat and arranging his robe over one shoulder, took a ceremonial vase in his left hand and besprinkled the wheel-treasure with his right hand, saying:  
> — King Mahāsudassana

### [1.8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17.1.8.2)

‘pavattatu bhavaṃ cakkaratanaṃ, abhivijinātu bhavaṃ cakkaratanan’ti.

> ‘Roll forth, O wheel-treasure! Triumph, O wheel-treasure!’  
> — King Mahāsudassana

### [1.8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17.1.8.3)

Atha kho taṃ, ānanda, cakkaratanaṃ puratthimaṃ disaṃ pavatti, anvadeva rājā mahāsudassano saddhiṃ caturaṅginiyā senāya, yasmiṃ kho panānanda, padese cakkaratanaṃ patiṭṭhāsi, tattha rājā mahāsudassano vāsaṃ upagacchi saddhiṃ caturaṅginiyā senāya.

> Then the wheel-treasure rolled toward the east. And the king followed it together with his army of four divisions. In whatever place the wheel-treasure stood still, there the king came to stay together with his army.  
> — King Mahāsudassana

## Translations (4)

- [Kralj Mahasudassana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17~sr-brankokovacevic.1.8.1) — sr
- [Der König Mahāsudassana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17~de-sabbamitta.1.8.1) — German
- [King Mahāsudassana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17~en-sujato.1.8.1) — English
- [Legend of the Great King of Glory (Mahâ-sudassana-sutta)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17~en-rhysdavids1881.1.13) — English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.17.244) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli

## Linked texts (2)

- [Cakkavattisutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.6.1) — Pāli
- [Bālapaṇḍitasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.129.35.1) — Pāli

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