[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) › 8.1-18 # Cakkavattisutta 8.1-18 Cakkavattisutta 8.1-18 - **Language:** Pāli ### [8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.8.1) Dutiyopi kho, bhikkhave, rājā cakkavattī …pe… > And for a second time, > — The Wheel-Turning Monarch ### [8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.8.2) tatiyopi kho, bhikkhave, rājā cakkavattī … > and a third, > — The Wheel-Turning Monarch ### [8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.8.3) catutthopi kho, bhikkhave, rājā cakkavattī … > a fourth, > — The Wheel-Turning Monarch ### [8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.8.4) pañcamopi kho, bhikkhave, rājā cakkavattī … > a fifth, > — The Wheel-Turning Monarch ### [8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.8.5) chaṭṭhopi kho, bhikkhave, rājā cakkavattī … > a sixth, > — The Wheel-Turning Monarch ### [8.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.8.6) sattamopi kho, bhikkhave, rājā cakkavattī bahunnaṃ vassānaṃ bahunnaṃ vassasatānaṃ bahunnaṃ vassasahassānaṃ accayena aññataraṃ purisaṃ āmantesi: > and a seventh time, a wheel-turning monarch was established in exactly the same way. And after many years the seventh wheel-turning monarch went forth, handing the realm over to the crown prince. > — The Wheel-Turning Monarch ### [8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.8.7) ‘yadā tvaṃ, ambho purisa, passeyyāsi dibbaṃ cakkaratanaṃ osakkitaṃ ṭhānā cutaṃ, atha me āroceyyāsī’ti. ### [8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.8.8) ‘Evaṃ, devā’ti kho, bhikkhave, so puriso rañño cakkavattissa paccassosi. ### [8.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.8.9) Addasā kho, bhikkhave, so puriso bahunnaṃ vassānaṃ bahunnaṃ vassasatānaṃ bahunnaṃ vassasahassānaṃ accayena dibbaṃ cakkaratanaṃ osakkitaṃ ṭhānā cutaṃ. ### [8.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.8.10) Disvāna yena rājā cakkavattī tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā rājānaṃ cakkavattiṃ etadavoca: ### [8.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.8.11) ‘yagghe, deva, jāneyyāsi, dibbaṃ te cakkaratanaṃ osakkitaṃ ṭhānā cutan’ti? ### [8.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.8.12) Atha kho, bhikkhave, rājā cakkavattī jeṭṭhaputtaṃ kumāraṃ āmantāpetvā etadavoca: ### [8.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.8.13) ‘dibbaṃ kira me, tāta kumāra, cakkaratanaṃ osakkitaṃ, ṭhānā cutaṃ, sutaṃ kho pana metaṃ— ### [8.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.8.14) yassa rañño cakkavattissa dibbaṃ cakkaratanaṃ osakkati, ṭhānā cavati, na dāni tena raññā ciraṃ jīvitabbaṃ hotīti. ### [8.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.8.15) Bhuttā kho pana me mānusakā kāmā, samayo dāni me dibbe kāme pariyesituṃ, ehi tvaṃ, tāta kumāra, imaṃ samuddapariyantaṃ pathaviṃ paṭipajja. ### [8.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.8.16) Ahaṃ pana kesamassuṃ ohāretvā kāsāyāni vatthāni acchādetvā agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajissāmī’ti. ### [8.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.8.17) Atha kho, bhikkhave, rājā cakkavattī jeṭṭhaputtaṃ kumāraṃ sādhukaṃ rajje samanusāsitvā kesamassuṃ ohāretvā kāsāyāni vatthāni acchādetvā agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbaji. ### [8.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.8.18) Sattāhapabbajite kho pana, bhikkhave, rājisimhi dibbaṃ cakkaratanaṃ antaradhāyi. > Seven days later the heavenly wheel-treasure vanished. > — The Wheel-Turning Monarch ## Translations (3) - [O vladaru koji pokreće točak istine](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26~sr-brankokovacevic.8.1) — sr - [The Wheel-Turning Monarch](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26~en-sujato.8.1) — English - [Der Rad-drehende Herrscher](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26~de-sabbamitta.8.1) — German ## Linked texts (2) - [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.70.10) — Classical Chinese - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.6.13) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.8.1-18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.8.1-18) · Pramāṇa