[34] Bhikkhus, once in the past there was a king named Daḷhanemi, a wheel-turning monarch (cakkavatti), righteous, a king of Dhamma, ruler of the four quarters, a conqueror who had attained stability in his realm, endowed with the seven treasures. These seven treasures were his, namely: the wheel-treasure, the elephant-treasure, the horse-treasure, the jewel-treasure, the woman-treasure, the householder-treasure, and the counsellor-treasure (pariṇāyaka) as the seventh. And he had more than a thousand sons, valiant, of heroic stature, crushers of enemy armies. He dwelt having conquered this earth bounded by the ocean, without rod, without sword, by Dhamma, with justice.
Then, bhikkhus, after the passing of many years, many hundreds of years, many thousands of years, King Daḷhanemi addressed a certain man: "Good man, when you see that the divine wheel-treasure has slipped back, fallen from its place, then you should inform me." "Yes, sire," that man replied to King Daḷhanemi. Bhikkhus, after the passing of many years, many hundreds of years, many thousands of years, that man saw that the divine wheel-treasure had slipped back, fallen from its place. Having seen it, he approached King Daḷhanemi, and having approached, he said this to King Daḷhanemi: "Sire, may it please you to know: your divine wheel-treasure has slipped back, fallen from its place."
Then, bhikkhus, King Daḷhanemi summoned his eldest son, the prince, and said this: "Dear prince, it seems that my divine wheel-treasure has slipped back, fallen from its place. And I have heard this: for whatever wheel-turning king the divine wheel-treasure slips back and falls from its place, that king now does not have long to live. Human sensual pleasures have been enjoyed by me; now it is time for me to seek divine sensual pleasures. Come, dear prince, take charge of this earth bounded by the ocean. As for me, having shaved off my hair and beard and put on ochre robes, I shall go forth from the household life into homelessness."
Then, bhikkhus, King Daḷhanemi, having duly instructed his eldest son, the prince, in the kingship, shaved off his hair and beard, put on ochre robes, and went forth from the household life into homelessness. And, bhikkhus, when the royal seer had been gone forth for seven days, the divine wheel-treasure disappeared.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.