In whatever direction

Bhikkhus, the head anointed warrior king endowed with five factors, living in whatever direction lives as though in his own kingdom. What five?

Here, bhikkhus, the head anointed warrior king is pure and unblemished by birth on both the mother's and father's sides up to the seventh great grand father. Has much wealth and resources with completely filled grain houses and a treasury. Is endowed with a powerful fourfold army with attentive advisers. He has a learned, wise, wonderful adviser who has the powers to think of the past, future and present and tell the essential. These four things bring him maturity in fame. Endowed with these things with fame as the fifth living in whatever direction, he lives as though in his own kingdom. What is the reason? It so happens to one who has won the directions.

Bhikkhus, in the same manner, the bhikkhu endowed with five factors, living in whatever direction abides with a released mind. What five?

Here, bhikkhus, the bhikkhu is virtuous restrained in the higher code of rules, develops the right behaviour, seeing fear in the slightest fault, thus he observes the rules just as the head anointed warrior king is accomplished at birth. He is learned, treasures what he has learned of the Teaching that is good at the beginning, middle and end, full of meanings in words and letters that state the complete and pure holy life. He bears that Teaching, practises it verbally and mentally touches it and penetratingly see it, as the head anointed warrior king has much wealth and resources with completely filled grain houses and a treasury. He abides with aroused effort firm and zealous to dispel demeritorious things and to accumulate meritorious things, not giving up the main aim. Like the powerful head anointed warrior king. Become wise is endowed with wisdom of the arising and fading of the five holding masses, for the noble penetration, for the rightful ending of unpleasantness. Like the head annointed warrior king endowed with the wonderful adviser. These four factors mature to him in release. Endowed with these factors with release as the fifth, in whichever direction he dwells, he is released. What is the reason? Bhikkhus, it so happens to those released in mind.