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# King Mahāsudassana 1.9

Mahāsudassanasutta 1.9

- **Language:** Pāli

### [1.9.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17.1.9.1)

Ye kho panānanda, puratthimāya disāya paṭirājāno, te rājānaṃ mahāsudassanaṃ upasaṅkamitvā evamāhaṃsu:

> And any opposing rulers of the eastern quarter came to him and said,  
> — King Mahāsudassana

### [1.9.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17.1.9.2)

‘ehi kho, mahārāja, svāgataṃ te, mahārāja, sakaṃ te, mahārāja, anusāsa, mahārājā’ti.

> ‘Come, Great King! Welcome, Great King! We are yours, Great King, instruct us.’  
> — King Mahāsudassana

### [1.9.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17.1.9.3)

Rājā mahāsudassano evamāha:

> The king said,  
> — King Mahāsudassana

### [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

### [1.9.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17.1.9.5)

Ye kho panānanda, puratthimāya disāya paṭirājāno, te rañño mahāsudassanassa anuyantā ahesuṃ.

> And so the opposing rulers of the eastern quarter became his vassals.  
> — King Mahāsudassana

## Translations (4)

- [Kralj Mahasudassana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17~sr-brankokovacevic.1.9.1) — sr
- [Der König Mahāsudassana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17~de-sabbamitta.1.9.1) — German
- [King Mahāsudassana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17~en-sujato.1.9.1) — English
- [Legend of the Great King of Glory (Mahâ-sudassana-sutta)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17~en-rhysdavids1881.1.15) — English

## Linked texts (2)

- [Cakkavattisutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.6.5) — Pāli
- [Bālapaṇḍitasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.129.35.5) — Pāli

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