0.3CakkavattiacchariyasuttaIncredible Things About the Wheel-Turning Monarch
1.1PTS 2.133“Cattārome, bhikkhave, acchariyā abbhutā dhammā raññe cakkavattimhi.“Mendicants, there are these four incredible and amazing things about a wheel-turning monarch.1.2Katame cattāro?What four?
1.3Sace, bhikkhave, khattiyaparisā rājānaṁ cakkavattiṁ dassanāya upasaṅkamati, dassanenapi sā attamanā hoti.If an assembly of aristocrats goes to see a wheel-turning monarch, they’re uplifted by seeing him1.4Tatra ce rājā cakkavattī bhāsati, bhāsitenapi sā attamanā hoti.and uplifted by hearing him speak.1.5Atittāva, bhikkhave, khattiyaparisā hoti, atha rājā cakkavattī tuṇhī bhavati.And when he falls silent, they’ve never had enough.
2.1Sace, bhikkhave, brāhmaṇaparisā rājānaṁ cakkavattiṁ dassanāya upasaṅkamati, dassanenapi sā attamanā hoti.If an assembly of brahmins …2.2Tatra ce rājā cakkavattī bhāsati, bhāsitenapi sā attamanā hoti.2.3Atittāva, bhikkhave, brāhmaṇaparisā hoti, atha rājā cakkavattī tuṇhī bhavati.3.1Sace, bhikkhave, gahapatiparisā rājānaṁ cakkavattiṁ dassanāya upasaṅkamati, dassanenapi sā attamanā hoti.householders …3.2Tatra ce rājā cakkavattī bhāsati, bhāsitenapi sā attamanā hoti.3.3Atittāva, bhikkhave, gahapatiparisā hoti, atha rājā cakkavattī tuṇhī bhavati.4.1Sace, bhikkhave, samaṇaparisā rājānaṁ cakkavattiṁ dassanāya upasaṅkamati, dassanenapi sā attamanā hoti.or ascetics goes to see a wheel-turning monarch, they’re uplifted by seeing him4.2Tatra ce rājā cakkavattī bhāsati, bhāsitenapi sā attamanā hoti.and uplifted by hearing him speak.4.3Atittāva, bhikkhave, samaṇaparisā hoti, atha rājā cakkavattī tuṇhī bhavati.And when he falls silent, they’ve never had enough.
4.4Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro acchariyā abbhutā dhammā raññe cakkavattimhi.These are the four incredible and amazing things about a wheel-turning monarch.
5.1Evamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, cattāro acchariyā abbhutā dhammā ānande.In the same way, there are these four incredible and amazing things about Ānanda.5.2Katame cattāro?What four?
5.3Sace, bhikkhave, bhikkhuparisā ānandaṁ dassanāya upasaṅkamati, dassanenapi sā attamanā hoti.If an assembly of monks goes to see Ānanda, they’re uplifted by seeing him5.4Tatra ce ānando dhammaṁ bhāsati, bhāsitenapi sā attamanā hoti.and uplifted by hearing him speak.5.5Atittāva, bhikkhave, bhikkhuparisā hoti, atha ānando tuṇhī bhavati.And when he falls silent, they’ve never had enough.
6.1Sace, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniparisā …pe… sace, bhikkhave, upāsakaparisā …pe… sace, bhikkhave, upāsikāparisā ānandaṁ dassanāya upasaṅkamati, dassanenapi sā attamanā hoti.If an assembly of nuns … laymen … or laywomen goes to see Ānanda, they’re uplifted by seeing him6.2Tatra ce ānando dhammaṁ bhāsati, bhāsitenapi sā attamanā hoti.and uplifted by hearing him speak.6.3Atittāva, bhikkhave, upāsikāparisā hoti, atha ānando tuṇhī bhavati.And when he falls silent, they’ve never had enough.
6.4Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro acchariyā abbhutā dhammā ānande”ti.These are the four incredible and amazing things about Ānanda.”
6.5Dasamaṁ.
6.6Bhayavaggo tatiyo.
7.0Tassuddānaṁ
7.1Attānuvādaūmi ca,7.2dve ca nānā dve ca honti;7.3Mettā dve ca acchariyā,7.4aparā ca tathā duveti.