Anuvattanasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Aṅguttaranikāya · Pañcakanipāta · Chakkanipāta · Vol. 22 · Section 132

[132] "Bhikkhus, possessing five factors, the eldest son of a wheel-turning monarch (rājā cakkavattī) keeps rolling, by Dhamma alone, the wheel (cakka) set rolling by his father; and that wheel cannot be turned back by any hostile human being. By what five? Here, bhikkhus, the eldest son of a wheel-turning monarch is one who knows what is beneficial (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). Possessing these five factors, bhikkhus, the eldest son of a wheel-turning monarch keeps rolling, by Dhamma alone, the wheel set rolling by his father; and that wheel cannot be turned back by any hostile human being. "Just so, bhikkhus, possessing five dhammas, Sāriputta rightly keeps rolling the unsurpassed Wheel of Dhamma (dhammacakka) set rolling by the Tathāgata; and that wheel cannot be turned back by any ascetic or brahmin or deva or Māra or Brahmā or by anyone in the world. By what five? Here, bhikkhus, Sāriputta is one who knows what is beneficial, one who knows the Dhamma, one who knows moderation, one who knows the proper time, and one who knows the assembly. Possessing these five dhammas, bhikkhus, Sāriputta rightly keeps rolling the unsurpassed Wheel of Dhamma set rolling by the Tathāgata; and that wheel cannot be turned back by any ascetic or brahmin or deva or Māra or Brahmā or by anyone in the world."

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.