Majjhimanikaya 1.10.105

1.10.105

Evaṃ me sutanti satipaṭṭhānasuttaṃ. Tattha kurūsu viharatīti kurunāmakā jānapadino rājakumārā, tesaṃ nivāso ekopi janapado ruḷhīsaddena kurūti vuccati, tasmiṃ kurūsu janapade. Aṭṭhakathācariyā panāhu – mandhātukāle tīsu dīpesu manussā jambudīpo nāma buddhapaccekabuddhamahāsāvakacakkavattipabhutīnaṃ uttamapurisānaṃ uppattibhūmi uttamadīpo atiramaṇīyoti sutvā raññā mandhātucakkavattinā cakkaratanaṃ purakkhatvā cattāro dīpe anusaṃyāyantena saddhiṃ āgamaṃsu. Tato rājā pariṇāyakaratanaṃ pucchi –

“Thus have I heard” begins the Satipaṭṭhānasutta. There, “was dwelling among the Kurus”: the royal princes of that realm are called the Kurus; their residence, even as a single realm, is called “the Kurus” by conventional usage; in that realm of the Kurus. But the commentary teachers said: In the time of Mandhātu, human beings in three continents heard, “Jambudīpa, the birthplace of supreme persons such as Buddhas, Paccekabuddhas, great disciples, and wheel-turning monarchs, is a supreme continent, extremely delightful,” and they came together with King Mandhātu, the wheel-turning monarch, as he toured the four continents placing the wheel-jewel in front. Then the king asked the advisor-jewel: