Cakkavattisutta 22.1-27
Cakkavattisutta 22.1-27
- Language
- Pāli
22.1
Atha kho tesaṃ, bhikkhave, sattānaṃ evaṃ bhavissati:
Then those beings will think,
22.2
‘mayaṃ kho kusalānaṃ dhammānaṃ samādānahetu āyunāpi vaḍḍhāma, vaṇṇenapi vaḍḍhāma.
‘Because of undertaking this skillful thing, our lifespan and beauty are growing.
22.3
Yannūna mayaṃ bhiyyoso mattāya kusalaṃ kareyyāma.
Why don’t we do even more skillful things?
22.4
Kiṃ kusalaṃ kareyyāma?
What skillful thing should we do?
22.5
Yannūna mayaṃ adinnādānā virameyyāma …
Why don’t we refrain from stealing …
22.6
kāmesumicchācārā virameyyāma …
sexual misconduct …
22.7
musāvādā virameyyāma …
lying …
22.8
pisuṇāya vācāya virameyyāma …
backbiting …
22.9
pharusāya vācāya virameyyāma …
harsh speech …
22.10
samphappalāpā virameyyāma …
and talking nonsense.
22.11
abhijjhaṃ pajaheyyāma …
Why don’t we give up covetousness …
22.12
byāpādaṃ pajaheyyāma …
ill will …
22.13
micchādiṭṭhiṃ pajaheyyāma …
wrong view …
22.14
tayo dhamme pajaheyyāma—
three things:
22.15
adhammarāgaṃ visamalobhaṃ micchādhammaṃ …
illicit desire, immoral greed, and wrong religious teachings.
22.16
yannūna mayaṃ matteyyā assāma petteyyā sāmaññā brahmaññā kule jeṭṭhāpacāyino, idaṃ kusalaṃ dhammaṃ samādāya vatteyyāmā’ti.
Why don’t we pay due respect to mother and father, ascetics and brahmins, honoring the elders in our families? Having undertaken this skillful thing we’ll live by it.’
22.17
Te matteyyā bhavissanti petteyyā sāmaññā brahmaññā kule jeṭṭhāpacāyino, idaṃ kusalaṃ dhammaṃ samādāya vattissanti.
So that’s what they do.
22.18
Te kusalānaṃ dhammānaṃ samādānahetu āyunāpi vaḍḍhissanti, vaṇṇenapi vaḍḍhissanti.
Because of undertaking this skillful thing, their lifespan and beauty will grow.
22.19
Tesaṃ āyunāpi vaḍḍhamānānaṃ vaṇṇenapi vaḍḍhamānānaṃ vīsativassāyukānaṃ manussānaṃ cattārīsavassāyukā puttā bhavissanti …
Those people who live for twenty years will have children who live for forty years.
22.20
cattārīsavassāyukānaṃ manussānaṃ asītivassāyukā puttā bhavissanti …
Those people who live for forty years will have children who live for eighty years,
22.21
asītivassāyukānaṃ manussānaṃ saṭṭhivassasatāyukā puttā bhavissanti …
then a hundred and sixty years,
22.22
saṭṭhivassasatāyukānaṃ manussānaṃ vīsatitivassasatāyukā puttā bhavissanti …
three hundred and twenty years,
22.23
vīsatitivassasatāyukānaṃ manussānaṃ cattārīsachabbassasatāyukā puttā bhavissanti.
six hundred and forty years,
22.24
Cattārīsachabbassasatāyukānaṃ manussānaṃ dvevassasahassāyukā puttā bhavissanti …
2,000 years,
22.25
dvevassasahassāyukānaṃ manussānaṃ cattārivassasahassāyukā puttā bhavissanti …
4,000 years,
22.26
cattārivassasahassāyukānaṃ manussānaṃ aṭṭhavassasahassāyukā puttā bhavissanti …
8,000 years,
22.27
aṭṭhavassasahassāyukānaṃ manussānaṃ vīsativassasahassāyukā puttā bhavissanti …
20,000 years,
Translations (3)
- O vladaru koji pokreće točak istine — sr
- The Wheel-Turning Monarch — English
- Der Rad-drehende Herrscher — German