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# Cakkavattisutta 6.1-8

Cakkavattisutta 6.1-8

- **Language:** Pāli

### [6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.6.1)

Atha kho, bhikkhave, rājā khattiyo muddhābhisitto uṭṭhāyāsanā ekaṃsaṃ uttarāsaṅgaṃ karitvā vāmena hatthena bhiṅkāraṃ gahetvā dakkhiṇena hatthena cakkaratanaṃ abbhukkiri:

> Then the anointed king, rising from his seat and arranging his robe over one shoulder, took a ceremonial vase in his left hand and besprinkled the wheel-treasure with his right hand, saying,  
> — The Wheel-Turning Monarch

### [6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.6.2)

‘pavattatu bhavaṃ cakkaratanaṃ, abhivijinātu bhavaṃ cakkaratanan’ti.

> ‘Roll forth, O wheel-treasure! Triumph, O wheel-treasure!’  
> — The Wheel-Turning Monarch

### [6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.6.3)

Atha kho taṃ, bhikkhave, cakkaratanaṃ puratthimaṃ disaṃ pavatti, anvadeva rājā cakkavattī saddhiṃ caturaṅginiyā senāya. Yasmiṃ kho pana, bhikkhave, padese cakkaratanaṃ patiṭṭhāsi, tattha rājā cakkavattī vāsaṃ upagacchi saddhiṃ caturaṅginiyā senāya.

> Then the wheel-treasure rolled toward the east. And the king followed it together with his army of four divisions. In whatever place the wheel-treasure stood still, there the king came to stay together with his army.  
> — The Wheel-Turning Monarch

### [6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.6.4)

Ye kho pana, bhikkhave, puratthimāya disāya paṭirājāno, te rājānaṃ cakkavattiṃ upasaṅkamitvā evamāhaṃsu:

> And any opposing rulers of the eastern quarter came to the wheel-turning monarch and said,  
> — The Wheel-Turning Monarch

### [6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.6.5)

‘ehi kho, mahārāja, svāgataṃ te mahārāja, sakaṃ te, mahārāja, anusāsa, mahārājā’ti.

> ‘Come, Great King! Welcome, Great King! We are yours, Great King, instruct us.’  
> — The Wheel-Turning Monarch

### [6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.6.6)

Rājā cakkavattī evamāha:

> The wheel-turning monarch said,  
> — The Wheel-Turning Monarch

### [6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.6.7)

‘pāṇo na hantabbo, adinnaṃ nādātabbaṃ, kāmesumicchā na caritabbā, musā na bhāsitabbā, majjaṃ na pātabbaṃ, yathābhuttañca bhuñjathā’ti.

> ‘Do not kill living creatures. Do not steal. Do not commit sexual misconduct. Do not lie. Do not drink liquor. Maintain the current level of taxation.’  
> — The Wheel-Turning Monarch

### [6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.6.8)

Ye kho pana, bhikkhave, puratthimāya disāya paṭirājāno, te rañño cakkavattissa anuyantā ahesuṃ.

> And so the opposing rulers of the eastern quarter became his vassals.  
> — The Wheel-Turning Monarch

## Translations (3)

- [O vladaru koji pokreće točak istine](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26~sr-brankokovacevic.6.1) — sr
- [The Wheel-Turning Monarch](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26~en-sujato.6.1) — English
- [Der Rad-drehende Herrscher](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26~de-sabbamitta.6.1) — German

## Linked texts (4)

- [Mahāsudassanasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17.1.8.1) — Pāli
- [Bālapaṇḍitasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.129.35.1) — Pāli
- [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.70.9) — Classical Chinese
- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.6.11) — Classical Chinese

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