Cakkavattisutta 5.1-15
Cakkavattisutta 5.1-15
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- Pāli
5.1
‘Katamaṃ pana taṃ, deva, ariyaṃ cakkavattivattan’ti?
‘But Your Majesty, what is the noble duty of a wheel-turning monarch?’
5.2
‘Tena hi tvaṃ, tāta, dhammaṃyeva nissāya dhammaṃ sakkaronto dhammaṃ garuṃ karonto dhammaṃ mānento dhammaṃ pūjento dhammaṃ apacāyamāno dhammaddhajo dhammaketu dhammādhipateyyo dhammikaṃ rakkhāvaraṇaguttiṃ saṃvidahassu antojanasmiṃ balakāyasmiṃ khattiyesu anuyantesu brāhmaṇagahapatikesu negamajānapadesu samaṇabrāhmaṇesu migapakkhīsu.
‘Well then, my dear, relying only on principle—honoring, respecting, and venerating principle, having principle as your flag, banner, and authority—provide just protection and security for your court, troops, aristocrats, vassals, brahmins and householders, people of town and country, ascetics and brahmins, beasts and birds.
5.3
Mā ca te, tāta, vijite adhammakāro pavattittha.
Do not let injustice prevail in the realm.
5.4
Ye ca te, tāta, vijite adhanā assu, tesañca dhanamanuppadeyyāsi.
Provide money to the penniless in the realm.
5.5
Ye ca te, tāta, vijite samaṇabrāhmaṇā madappamādā paṭiviratā khantisoracce niviṭṭhā ekamattānaṃ damenti, ekamattānaṃ samenti, ekamattānaṃ parinibbāpenti, te kālena kālaṃ upasaṅkamitvā paripuccheyyāsi pariggaṇheyyāsi:
And there are ascetics and brahmins in the realm who refrain from intoxication and negligence, are settled in patience and gentleness, and who tame, calm, and extinguish themselves. From time to time you should go up to them and ask and learn:
5.6
“kiṃ, bhante, kusalaṃ, kiṃ akusalaṃ, kiṃ sāvajjaṃ, kiṃ anavajjaṃ, kiṃ sevitabbaṃ, kiṃ na sevitabbaṃ, kiṃ me karīyamānaṃ dīgharattaṃ ahitāya dukkhāya assa, kiṃ vā pana me karīyamānaṃ dīgharattaṃ hitāya sukhāya assā”ti?
“Sirs, what is skillful? What is unskillful? What is blameworthy? What is blameless? What should be cultivated? What should not be cultivated? Doing what leads to my lasting harm and suffering? Doing what leads to my lasting welfare and happiness?”
5.7
Tesaṃ sutvā yaṃ akusalaṃ taṃ abhinivajjeyyāsi, yaṃ kusalaṃ taṃ samādāya vatteyyāsi.
Having heard them, you should shun what is unskillful and proceed having undertaken what is skillful.
5.8
Idaṃ kho, tāta, taṃ ariyaṃ cakkavattivattan’ti.
This is the noble duty of a wheel-turning monarch.’
2.2. Cakkaratanapātubhāva
5.10
‘Evaṃ, devā’ti kho, bhikkhave, rājā khattiyo muddhābhisitto rājisissa paṭissutvā ariye cakkavattivatte vatti.
‘Yes, Your Majesty,’ replied the new king to the royal seer. And he proceeded in the noble duty of a wheel-turning monarch.
5.11
Tassa ariye cakkavattivatte vattamānassa tadahuposathe pannarase sīsaṃnhātassa uposathikassa uparipāsādavaragatassa
While he was proceeding in that duty, on a fifteenth day sabbath, he had bathed his head and gone upstairs in the royal longhouse to observe the sabbath.
5.12
dibbaṃ cakkaratanaṃ pāturahosi sahassāraṃ sanemikaṃ sanābhikaṃ sabbākāraparipūraṃ.
And the heavenly wheel-treasure appeared to him, with a thousand spokes, with rim and hub, complete in every detail.
5.13
Disvāna rañño khattiyassa muddhābhisittassa etadahosi:
Seeing this, the king thought,
5.14
‘sutaṃ kho pana metaṃ—yassa rañño khattiyassa muddhābhisittassa tadahuposathe pannarase sīsaṃnhātassa uposathikassa uparipāsādavaragatassa dibbaṃ cakkaratanaṃ pātubhavati sahassāraṃ sanemikaṃ sanābhikaṃ sabbākāraparipūraṃ, so hoti rājā cakkavattīti.
‘I have heard that when the heavenly wheel-treasure appears to a king in this way, he becomes a wheel-turning monarch.
5.15
Assaṃ nu kho ahaṃ rājā cakkavattī’ti.
Am I then a wheel-turning monarch?’
Translations (3)
- O vladaru koji pokreće točak istine — sr
- The Wheel-Turning Monarch — English
- Der Rad-drehende Herrscher — German
Commentaries (1)
- Sumaṅgalavilāsinī — Buddhaghosa, Pāli
Linked texts (4)
- Mahāsudassanasutta — Pāli
- 中阿含經 — Classical Chinese
- 長阿含經 — Classical Chinese
- Bālapaṇḍitasutta — Pāli