Gilānasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Saḷāyatanavaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 18 · Section 583

[583] Now at that time Citta the householder was sick, in pain, gravely ill. Then a number of park deities, forest deities, tree deities, and deities dwelling in medicinal herbs, grasses, and lords of the forest, having gathered and come together, said this to Citta the householder: "Make an aspiration, householder: 'In the future time may I become a wheel-turning monarch (cakkavattī)!'" When this was said, Citta the householder said to the park deities, forest deities, tree deities, and deities dwelling in medicinal herbs, grasses, and lords of the forest: "That too is impermanent; that too is unstable; that too must be abandoned as one goes on."

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.