Cakkavattisutta 14.1-9
Cakkavattisutta 14.1-9
- Language
- Pāli
14.1
Iti kho, bhikkhave, adhanānaṃ dhane ananuppadiyamāne dāliddiyaṃ vepullamagamāsi, dāliddiye vepullaṃ gate adinnādānaṃ vepullamagamāsi, adinnādāne vepullaṃ gate satthaṃ vepullamagamāsi, satthe vepullaṃ gate pāṇātipāto vepullamagamāsi, pāṇātipāte vepullaṃ gate tesaṃ sattānaṃ āyupi parihāyi, vaṇṇopi parihāyi.
And so, mendicants, from not providing money to the penniless, poverty became widespread. When poverty was widespread, theft became widespread. When theft was widespread, swords became widespread. When swords were widespread, killing living creatures became widespread. And for the sentient beings among whom killing was widespread, their lifespan and beauty declined.
14.2
Tesaṃ āyunāpi parihāyamānānaṃ vaṇṇenapi parihāyamānānaṃ asītivassasahassāyukānaṃ manussānaṃ cattārīsavassasahassāyukā puttā ahesuṃ.
Those people lived for 80,000 years, but their children lived for 40,000 years.
14.3
Cattārīsavassasahassāyukesu, bhikkhave, manussesu aññataro puriso paresaṃ adinnaṃ theyyasaṅkhātaṃ ādiyi.
Among the humans who lived for 40,000 years, a certain person stole something from others.
14.4
Tamenaṃ aggahesuṃ.
They arrested him
14.5
Gahetvā rañño khattiyassa muddhābhisittassa dassesuṃ:
and presented him to the king, saying,
14.6
‘ayaṃ, deva, puriso paresaṃ adinnaṃ theyyasaṅkhātaṃ ādiyī’ti.
‘Your Majesty, this person stole from others.’
14.7
Evaṃ vutte, bhikkhave, rājā khattiyo muddhābhisitto taṃ purisaṃ etadavoca:
The king said to that person,
14.8
‘saccaṃ kira tvaṃ, ambho purisa, paresaṃ adinnaṃ theyyasaṅkhātaṃ ādiyī’ti?
‘Is it really true, my man, that you stole from others?’
14.9
‘Na hi, devā’ti sampajānamusā abhāsi.
‘No, Your Majesty,’ he said, deliberately lying.
Translations (3)
- O vladaru koji pokreće točak istine — sr
- The Wheel-Turning Monarch — English
- Der Rad-drehende Herrscher — German
Commentaries (1)
- Sumaṅgalavilāsinī — Buddhaghosa, Pāli