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# King Mahāsudassana 1.9.4

Mahāsudassanasutta 1.9.4

- **Language:** Pāli

### [1.9.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17.1.9.4)

‘pāṇo na hantabbo, adinnaṃ na ādātabbaṃ, kāmesu micchā na caritabbā, musā na bhaṇitabbā, majjaṃ na pātabbaṃ, yathābhuttañca bhuñjathā’ti.

> ‘Do not kill living creatures. Do not steal. Do not commit sexual misconduct. Do not lie. Do not drink liquor. Maintain the current level of taxation.’  
> — King Mahāsudassana

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## Translations (4)

- [Kralj Mahasudassana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17~sr-brankokovacevic.1.9.4) — sr
- [Der König Mahāsudassana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17~de-sabbamitta.1.9.4) — German
- [King Mahāsudassana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17~en-sujato.1.9.4) — English
- [Legend of the Great King of Glory (Mahâ-sudassana-sutta)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17~en-rhysdavids1881.1.16) — English

## Linked texts (2)

- [Cakkavattisutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.6.7) — Pāli
- [Bālapaṇḍitasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.129.35.7) — Pāli

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