{"id":"an5.131","title":"Wielding Power (1st)","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an5.131","title":"Wielding Power (1st)","units":[{"id":"an5.131:0","sourceIds":["an5.131:0.1","an5.131:0.2","an5.131:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.131\n14. Rājavagga\nPaṭhamacakkānuvattanasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 5.131\n14. Kings\nWielding Power (1st)"}},{"id":"an5.131:1","sourceIds":["an5.131:1.1","an5.131:1.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Pañcahi, bhikkhave, aṅgehi samannāgato rājā cakkavattī dhammeneva cakkaṁ vatteti;\ntaṁ hoti cakkaṁ appaṭivattiyaṁ kenaci manussabhūtena paccatthikena pāṇinā.","en":"“Mendicants, possessing five factors a wheel-turning monarch wields power only in a principled manner.\nAnd this power cannot be undermined by any human enemy."}},{"id":"an5.131:2","sourceIds":["an5.131:2.1","an5.131:2.2","an5.131:2.3","an5.131:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamehi pañcahi?\nIdha, bhikkhave, rājā cakkavattī atthaññū ca hoti, dhammaññū ca, mattaññū ca, kālaññū ca, parisaññū ca.\nImehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi aṅgehi samannāgato rājā cakkavattī dhammeneva cakkaṁ pavatteti;\ntaṁ hoti cakkaṁ appaṭivattiyaṁ kenaci manussabhūtena paccatthikena pāṇinā.","en":"What five?\nA wheel-turning monarch knows what is right, knows principle, knows moderation, knows the right time, and knows the assembly.\nA wheel-turning monarch who possesses these five factors wields power only in a principled manner.\nAnd this power cannot be undermined by any human enemy."}},{"id":"an5.131:3","sourceIds":["an5.131:3.1","an5.131:3.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato tathāgato arahaṁ sammāsambuddho dhammeneva anuttaraṁ dhammacakkaṁ pavatteti;\ntaṁ hoti cakkaṁ appaṭivattiyaṁ samaṇena vā brāhmaṇena vā devena vā mārena vā brahmunā vā kenaci vā lokasmiṁ.","en":"In the same way, possessing five qualities a Realized One, a perfected one, a fully awakened Buddha rolls forth the supreme Wheel of Dhamma only in a principled manner.\nAnd that wheel cannot be rolled back by any ascetic or brahmin or god or Māra or divinity or by anyone in the world."}},{"id":"an5.131:4","sourceIds":["an5.131:4.1","an5.131:4.2","an5.131:4.3","an5.131:4.4","an5.131:4.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamehi pañcahi?\nIdha, bhikkhave, tathāgato arahaṁ sammāsambuddho atthaññū, dhammaññū, mattaññū, kālaññū, parisaññū.\nImehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato tathāgato arahaṁ sammāsambuddho dhammeneva anuttaraṁ dhammacakkaṁ pavatteti;\ntaṁ hoti dhammacakkaṁ appaṭivattiyaṁ samaṇena vā brāhmaṇena vā devena vā mārena vā brahmunā vā kenaci vā lokasmin”ti.\nPaṭhamaṁ.","en":"What five?\nA Realized One knows what is right, knows principle, knows moderation, knows the right time, and knows the assembly.\nPossessing these five qualities a Realized One, a perfected one, a fully awakened Buddha rolls forth the supreme Wheel of Dhamma only in a principled manner.\nAnd that wheel cannot be rolled back by any ascetic or brahmin or god or Māra or divinity or by anyone in the world.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an5.131/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}