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Chapter One – 1. Paṭhamavagga

SN 2.4 With Māghadha – Māgadhasutta

 

At Sāvatthī.

Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

Standing to one side, the god Māgadha addressed the Buddha in verse:

Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho māgadho devaputto bhagavantaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:

“How many lamps are there

“Kati lokasmiṁ pajjotā,

that light up the world?

yehi loko pakāsati;

We’ve come to ask the Buddha;

Bhavantaṁ puṭṭhumāgamma,

how are we to understand this?”

kathaṁ jānemu taṁ mayan”ti.

“There are four lamps in the world,

“Cattāro loke pajjotā,

a fifth is not found.

pañcamettha na vijjati;

The sun blazes by day,

Divā tapati ādicco,

the moon glows at night,

rattimābhāti candimā.

while a fire lights up both

Atha aggi divārattiṁ,

by day and by night.

tattha tattha pakāsati;

But a Buddha is the best of lights:

Sambuddho tapataṁ seṭṭho,

this is the supreme radiance.”

esā ābhā anuttarā”ti.