Rājavagga 4

Suttapiṭaka · Aṅguttaranikāya · Pañcakanipāta · Chakkanipāta · Vol. 22 · Section 131

[131] Bhikkhus, possessed of five factors, a wheel-turning monarch (rājā cakkavattī) sets the wheel rolling by Dhamma itself; and that wheel cannot be turned back by any hostile creature in human form. What are the five? Here, bhikkhus, a wheel-turning monarch is one who knows what is good (atthaññū), one who knows the Dhamma (dhammaññū), one who knows moderation (mattaññū), one who knows the proper time (kālaññū), and one who knows the assembly (parisaññū). Possessed of these five factors, bhikkhus, a wheel-turning monarch sets the wheel rolling by Dhamma itself; and that wheel cannot be turned back by any hostile creature in human form. Even so, bhikkhus, possessed of five qualities, the Tathāgata, the Arahant, the Fully Self-Enlightened One, sets rolling by Dhamma itself the unsurpassed wheel of Dhamma; and that wheel cannot be turned back by any ascetic or brahmin, by any deva, Māra, or Brahmā, or by anyone in the world. What are the five? Here, bhikkhus, the Tathāgata, the Arahant, the Fully Self-Enlightened One, is one who knows what is good, one who knows the Dhamma, one who knows moderation, one who knows the proper time, and one who knows the assembly. Possessed of these five qualities, bhikkhus, the Tathāgata, the Arahant, the Fully Self-Enlightened One, sets rolling by Dhamma itself the unsurpassed wheel of Dhamma; and that wheel cannot be turned back by any ascetic or brahmin, by any deva, Māra, or Brahmā, or by anyone in the world.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.