Cakkavattisutta 23.1-9
Cakkavattisutta 23.1-9
- Language
- Pāli
23.1
vīsativassasahassāyukānaṃ manussānaṃ cattārīsavassasahassāyukā puttā bhavissanti …
40,000 years,
23.2
cattārīsavassasahassāyukānaṃ manussānaṃ asītivassasahassāyukā puttā bhavissanti …
and finally 80,000 years.
23.3
asītivassasahassāyukesu, bhikkhave, manussesu pañcavassasatikā kumārikā alaṃpateyyā bhavissanti.
Among the humans who live for 80,000 years, girls will be marriageable at five hundred.
7. Saṅkharājauppatti
23.5
Asītivassasahassāyukesu, bhikkhave, manussesu tayo ābādhā bhavissanti, icchā, anasanaṃ, jarā.
Among the humans who live for 80,000 years, there will be just three afflictions: greed, starvation, and old age.
23.6
Asītivassasahassāyukesu, bhikkhave, manussesu ayaṃ jambudīpo iddho ceva bhavissati phīto ca, kukkuṭasampātikā gāmanigamarājadhāniyo.
The Black Plum Tree Land will be successful and prosperous. The villages, towns, and capital cities will be no more than a chicken’s flight apart.
23.7
Asītivassasahassāyukesu, bhikkhave, manussesu ayaṃ jambudīpo avīci maññe phuṭo bhavissati manussehi, seyyathāpi naḷavanaṃ vā saravanaṃ vā.
And the land will be so full of humans you’d think they were squashed together, like a thicket of rushes or reeds.
23.8
Asītivassasahassāyukesu, bhikkhave, manussesu ayaṃ bārāṇasī ketumatī nāma rājadhānī bhavissati iddhā ceva phītā ca bahujanā ca ākiṇṇamanussā ca subhikkhā ca.
The royal capital will be Varanasi, renamed Ketumatī. And it will be successful and prosperous, populous and full of people, with plenty of food.
23.9
Asītivassasahassāyukesu, bhikkhave, manussesu imasmiṃ jambudīpe caturāsītinagarasahassāni bhavissanti ketumatīrājadhānīpamukhāni.
There will be 84,000 cities in the Black Plum Tree Land, with the royal capital of Ketumatī foremost.
Translations (3)
- O vladaru koji pokreće točak istine — sr
- The Wheel-Turning Monarch — English
- Der Rad-drehende Herrscher — German
Commentaries (1)
- Sumaṅgalavilāsinī — Buddhaghosa, Pāli