[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [The Pāli Canon](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada) › [Basket of Discourses](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp) › [Dīghanikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha) › [Cakkavattisutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26) › 14.1-9 # Cakkavattisutta 14.1-9 Cakkavattisutta 14.1-9 - **Language:** Pāli ### [14.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.14.1) 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. > — The Wheel-Turning Monarch ### [14.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.14.2) 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. > — The Wheel-Turning Monarch ### [14.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.14.3) 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. > — The Wheel-Turning Monarch ### [14.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.14.4) Tamenaṃ aggahesuṃ. > They arrested him > — The Wheel-Turning Monarch ### [14.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.14.5) Gahetvā rañño khattiyassa muddhābhisittassa dassesuṃ: > and presented him to the king, saying, > — The Wheel-Turning Monarch ### [14.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.14.6) ‘ayaṃ, deva, puriso paresaṃ adinnaṃ theyyasaṅkhātaṃ ādiyī’ti. > ‘Your Majesty, this person stole from others.’ > — The Wheel-Turning Monarch ### [14.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.14.7) Evaṃ vutte, bhikkhave, rājā khattiyo muddhābhisitto taṃ purisaṃ etadavoca: > The king said to that person, > — The Wheel-Turning Monarch ### [14.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.14.8) ‘saccaṃ kira tvaṃ, ambho purisa, paresaṃ adinnaṃ theyyasaṅkhātaṃ ādiyī’ti? > ‘Is it really true, my man, that you stole from others?’ > — The Wheel-Turning Monarch ### [14.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.14.9) ‘Na hi, devā’ti sampajānamusā abhāsi. > ‘No, Your Majesty,’ he said, deliberately lying. > — The Wheel-Turning Monarch ## Translations (3) - [O vladaru koji pokreće točak istine](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26~sr-brankokovacevic.14.1) — sr - [The Wheel-Turning Monarch](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26~en-sujato.14.1) — English - [Der Rad-drehende Herrscher](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26~de-sabbamitta.14.1) — German ## Commentaries (1) - [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.26.94) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli ## Linked texts (2) - [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.70.16) — Classical Chinese - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.6.18) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.14.1-9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.14.1-9) · Pramāṇa