[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) › 22.1-27 # Cakkavattisutta 22.1-27 Cakkavattisutta 22.1-27 - **Language:** Pāli ### [22.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.22.1) Atha kho tesaṃ, bhikkhave, sattānaṃ evaṃ bhavissati: > Then those beings will think, > — The Wheel-Turning Monarch ### [22.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.22.2) ‘mayaṃ kho kusalānaṃ dhammānaṃ samādānahetu āyunāpi vaḍḍhāma, vaṇṇenapi vaḍḍhāma. > ‘Because of undertaking this skillful thing, our lifespan and beauty are growing. > — The Wheel-Turning Monarch ### [22.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.22.3) Yannūna mayaṃ bhiyyoso mattāya kusalaṃ kareyyāma. > Why don’t we do even more skillful things? > — The Wheel-Turning Monarch ### [22.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.22.4) Kiṃ kusalaṃ kareyyāma? > What skillful thing should we do? > — The Wheel-Turning Monarch ### [22.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.22.5) Yannūna mayaṃ adinnādānā virameyyāma … > Why don’t we refrain from stealing … > — The Wheel-Turning Monarch ### [22.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.22.6) kāmesumicchācārā virameyyāma … > sexual misconduct … > — The Wheel-Turning Monarch ### [22.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.22.7) musāvādā virameyyāma … > lying … > — The Wheel-Turning Monarch ### [22.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.22.8) pisuṇāya vācāya virameyyāma … > backbiting … > — The Wheel-Turning Monarch ### [22.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.22.9) pharusāya vācāya virameyyāma … > harsh speech … > — The Wheel-Turning Monarch ### [22.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.22.10) samphappalāpā virameyyāma … > and talking nonsense. > — The Wheel-Turning Monarch ### [22.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.22.11) abhijjhaṃ pajaheyyāma … > Why don’t we give up covetousness … > — The Wheel-Turning Monarch ### [22.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.22.12) byāpādaṃ pajaheyyāma … > ill will … > — The Wheel-Turning Monarch ### [22.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.22.13) micchādiṭṭhiṃ pajaheyyāma … > wrong view … > — The Wheel-Turning Monarch ### [22.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.22.14) tayo dhamme pajaheyyāma— > three things: > — The Wheel-Turning Monarch ### [22.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.22.15) adhammarāgaṃ visamalobhaṃ micchādhammaṃ … > illicit desire, immoral greed, and wrong religious teachings. > — The Wheel-Turning Monarch ### [22.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.22.16) 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.’ > — The Wheel-Turning Monarch ### [22.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.22.17) Te matteyyā bhavissanti petteyyā sāmaññā brahmaññā kule jeṭṭhāpacāyino, idaṃ kusalaṃ dhammaṃ samādāya vattissanti. > So that’s what they do. > — The Wheel-Turning Monarch ### [22.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.22.18) Te kusalānaṃ dhammānaṃ samādānahetu āyunāpi vaḍḍhissanti, vaṇṇenapi vaḍḍhissanti. > Because of undertaking this skillful thing, their lifespan and beauty will grow. > — The Wheel-Turning Monarch ### [22.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.22.19) 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. > — The Wheel-Turning Monarch ### [22.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.22.20) cattārīsavassāyukānaṃ manussānaṃ asītivassāyukā puttā bhavissanti … > Those people who live for forty years will have children who live for eighty years, > — The Wheel-Turning Monarch ### [22.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.22.21) asītivassāyukānaṃ manussānaṃ saṭṭhivassasatāyukā puttā bhavissanti … > then a hundred and sixty years, > — The Wheel-Turning Monarch ### [22.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.22.22) saṭṭhivassasatāyukānaṃ manussānaṃ vīsatitivassasatāyukā puttā bhavissanti … > three hundred and twenty years, > — The Wheel-Turning Monarch ### [22.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.22.23) vīsatitivassasatāyukānaṃ manussānaṃ cattārīsachabbassasatāyukā puttā bhavissanti. > six hundred and forty years, > — The Wheel-Turning Monarch ### [22.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.22.24) Cattārīsachabbassasatāyukānaṃ manussānaṃ dvevassasahassāyukā puttā bhavissanti … > 2,000 years, > — The Wheel-Turning Monarch ### [22.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.22.25) dvevassasahassāyukānaṃ manussānaṃ cattārivassasahassāyukā puttā bhavissanti … > 4,000 years, > — The Wheel-Turning Monarch ### [22.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.22.26) cattārivassasahassāyukānaṃ manussānaṃ aṭṭhavassasahassāyukā puttā bhavissanti … > 8,000 years, > — The Wheel-Turning Monarch ### [22.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.22.27) aṭṭhavassasahassāyukānaṃ manussānaṃ vīsativassasahassāyukā puttā bhavissanti … > 20,000 years, > — The Wheel-Turning Monarch ## Translations (3) - [O vladaru koji pokreće točak istine](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26~sr-brankokovacevic.22.1) — sr - [The Wheel-Turning Monarch](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26~en-sujato.22.1) — English - [Der Rad-drehende Herrscher](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26~de-sabbamitta.22.1) — German ## Linked texts (2) - [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.70.24) — Classical Chinese - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.6.23) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.22.1-27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.22.1-27) · Pramāṇa