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# Cakkavattisutta 24.1-5

Cakkavattisutta 24.1-5

- **Language:** Pāli

### [24.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.24.1)

Asītivassasahassāyukesu, bhikkhave, manussesu ketumatiyā rājadhāniyā saṅkho nāma rājā uppajjissati cakkavattī dhammiko dhammarājā cāturanto vijitāvī janapadatthāvariyappatto sattaratanasamannāgato.

> And in the royal capital of Ketumatī a king named Saṅkha will arise, a wheel-turning monarch, a just and principled king. His dominion will extend to all four sides, he will achieve stability in the country, and possess the seven treasures.  
> — The Wheel-Turning Monarch

### [24.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.24.2)

Tassimāni satta ratanāni bhavissanti, seyyathidaṃ—

> He will have the following seven treasures:  
> — The Wheel-Turning Monarch

### [24.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.24.3)

cakkaratanaṃ hatthiratanaṃ assaratanaṃ maṇiratanaṃ itthiratanaṃ gahapatiratanaṃ pariṇāyakaratanameva sattamaṃ.

> the wheel, the elephant, the horse, the jewel, the woman, the householder, and the commander as the seventh treasure.  
> — The Wheel-Turning Monarch

### [24.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.24.4)

Parosahassaṃ kho panassa puttā bhavissanti sūrā vīraṅgarūpā parasenappamaddanā.

> He will have over a thousand sons who are valiant and heroic, crushing the armies of his enemies.  
> — The Wheel-Turning Monarch

### [24.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.24.5)

So imaṃ pathaviṃ sāgarapariyantaṃ adaṇḍena asatthena dhammena abhivijiya ajjhāvasissati.

> After conquering this land girt by sea, he will reign by principle, without rod or sword.  
> — The Wheel-Turning Monarch

## Translations (3)

- [O vladaru koji pokreće točak istine](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26~sr-brankokovacevic.24.1) — sr
- [The Wheel-Turning Monarch](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26~en-sujato.24.1) — English
- [Der Rad-drehende Herrscher](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26~de-sabbamitta.24.1) — German

## Linked texts (2)

- [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.70.35) — Classical Chinese
- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.6.27) — Classical Chinese

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