Cakkavattisutta 21.1-18
Cakkavattisutta 21.1-18
- Language
- Pāli
21.1
Dasavassāyukesu, bhikkhave, manussesu sattāhaṃ satthantarakappo bhavissati.
Among the humans who live for ten years, there will be an interregnum of swords lasting seven days.
21.2
Te aññamaññamhi migasaññaṃ paṭilabhissanti.
During that time they will see each other as beasts.
21.3
Tesaṃ tiṇhāni satthāni hatthesu pātubhavissanti.
Sharp swords will appear in their hands,
21.4
Te tiṇhena satthena ‘esa migo esa migo’ti aññamaññaṃ jīvitā voropessanti.
with which they’ll take each other’s life, crying, ‘It’s a beast! It’s a beast!’
21.5
Atha kho tesaṃ, bhikkhave, sattānaṃ ekaccānaṃ evaṃ bhavissati:
But then some of those beings will think,
21.6
‘mā ca mayaṃ kañci, mā ca amhe koci, yannūna mayaṃ tiṇagahanaṃ vā vanagahanaṃ vā rukkhagahanaṃ vā nadīviduggaṃ vā pabbatavisamaṃ vā pavisitvā vanamūlaphalāhārā yāpeyyāmā’ti.
‘Let us neither kill nor be killed! Why don’t we hide in thick grass, thick jungle, thick trees, inaccessible riverlands, or rugged mountains and survive on forest roots and fruits?’
21.7
Te tiṇagahanaṃ vā vanagahanaṃ vā rukkhagahanaṃ vā nadīviduggaṃ vā pabbatavisamaṃ vā pavisitvā sattāhaṃ vanamūlaphalāhārā yāpessanti.
So that’s what they do.
21.8
Te tassa sattāhassa accayena tiṇagahanā vanagahanā rukkhagahanā nadīviduggā pabbatavisamā nikkhamitvā aññamaññaṃ āliṅgitvā sabhāgāyissanti samassāsissanti:
When those seven days have passed, having emerged from their hiding places and embraced each other, they will come together and cry in one voice,
21.9
‘diṭṭhā, bho, sattā jīvasi, diṭṭhā, bho, sattā jīvasī’ti.
‘Fantastic, dear foe, you live! Fantastic, dear foe, you live!’
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21.11
Atha kho tesaṃ, bhikkhave, sattānaṃ evaṃ bhavissati:
Then those beings will think,
21.12
‘mayaṃ kho akusalānaṃ dhammānaṃ samādānahetu evarūpaṃ āyataṃ ñātikkhayaṃ pattā.
‘It’s because we undertook unskillful things that we suffered such an extensive loss of our relatives.
21.13
Yannūna mayaṃ kusalaṃ kareyyāma.
We’d better do what’s skillful.
21.14
Kiṃ kusalaṃ kareyyāma?
What skillful thing should we do?
21.15
Yannūna mayaṃ pāṇātipātā virameyyāma, idaṃ kusalaṃ dhammaṃ samādāya vatteyyāmā’ti.
Why don’t we refrain from killing living creatures? Having undertaken this skillful thing we’ll live by it.’
21.16
Te pāṇātipātā viramissanti, idaṃ kusalaṃ dhammaṃ samādāya vattissanti.
So that’s what they do.
21.17
Te kusalānaṃ dhammānaṃ samādānahetu āyunāpi vaḍḍhissanti, vaṇṇenapi vaḍḍhissanti.
Because of undertaking this skillful thing, their lifespan and beauty will grow.
21.18
Tesaṃ āyunāpi vaḍḍhamānānaṃ vaṇṇenapi vaḍḍhamānānaṃ dasavassāyukānaṃ manussānaṃ vīsativassāyukā puttā bhavissanti.
Those people who live for ten years will have children who live for twenty years.
Translations (3)
- O vladaru koji pokreće točak istine — sr
- The Wheel-Turning Monarch — English
- Der Rad-drehende Herrscher — German
Commentaries (1)
- Sumaṅgalavilāsinī — Buddhaghosa, Pāli