Aṅguttara Nikāya
Pañcaka Nipāta
14. Rāja Vaggo
The Book of the Gradual Sayings
The Book of the Fives
Chapter XIV: The Rajah
Sutta 132
Dutiya Cakkānuvattana Suttaṁ
The Onward Roll of the Wheel (b)
Translated by E. M. Hare
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[1] Thus have I heard:
Once the Exalted One dwelt near Sāvatthī;
and there he addressed the monks, saying:
"Monks."
'Yes, lord,' they replied;
and the Exalted One said:
"Monks, endowed in five ways
the eldest son of a rajah,
who rolls the wheel (of state),
keeps[1] rolling on by Dhamma
the wheel his father set a-roll;
and that wheel may not be rolled back
by the hand of any hostile creature.
In what five ways?
Herein, monks, the eldest son of a rajah,[2]
rolling the wheel of state,
knows good;
knows Dhamma;
knows measure;
knows times;
and knows assembled men.
Monks, endowed in these five ways
the eldest son of a rajah,
who rolls the wheel (of state),
keeps rolling on by Dhamma
the wheel his father set a-roll;
and that wheel may not be rolled back
by the hand of any hostile creature.
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Even so, monks, endowed in five ways
Sāriputta keeps rolling on,
just in the right way,[3]
the unsurpassed wheel of Dhamma
the Tathāgata set a-roll;
and that wheel may not be rolled back
by recluse,
godly man,
deva,
Māra,
Brahmā,
or by any in the world.
In what five ways?
Herein, monks, Sāriputta
knows good;
knows Dhamma;
knows measure;
knows times;
and knows assembled men.
Verily, monks, endowed in these five ways
Sāriputta keeps rolling on,
just in the right way,
the unsurpassed wheel of Dhamma
the Tathāgata set a-roll;
and that wheel may not be rolled back
by recluse,
godly man,
deva,
Māra,
Brahmā,
or by any in the world.'
[1] Anupamtteti, in distinction from pavatteti previously.
[2] The text repeats in full. Cf. Sn. 557; Thag. 827.
[3] Samma-d-eva.