Numbered Discourses 5.131

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1. Numbered Discourses 5.131
2. 14. Kings
3. Wielding Power (1st)
4. “Mendicants, possessing five factors a wheel-turning monarch wields power only in a principled manner.
5. And this power cannot be undermined by any human enemy.
6. What five?
7. A wheel-turning monarch knows what is right, knows principle, knows moderation, knows the right time, and knows the assembly.
8. A wheel-turning monarch who possesses these five factors wields power only in a principled manner.
9. And this power cannot be undermined by any human enemy.
10. 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.
11. And that wheel cannot be rolled back by any ascetic or brahmin or god or Māra or divinity or by anyone in the world.
12. What five?
13. A Realized One knows what is right, knows principle, knows moderation, knows the right time, and knows the assembly.
14. Possessing 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.
15. And that wheel cannot be rolled back by any ascetic or brahmin or god or Māra or divinity or by anyone in the world.”