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Pajjotasutta

Sources of Light Lamps

“Kati lokasmiṁ pajjotā,
“How many sources of light are in the world
“How many lamps are there

Tehi loko pakāsati;
By means of which the world is illumined?
that light up the world?

Bhagavantaṁ puṭṭhumāgamma,
We have come to ask the Blessed One this:
We’ve come to ask the Buddha;

Kathaṁ jānemu taṁ mayan”ti.
How are we to understand it?”
how are we to understand this?”

“Cattāro loke pajjotā,
“There are four sources of light in the world;
“There are four lamps in the world,

pañcamettha na vijjati;
A fifth one is not found here.
a fifth is not found.

Divā tapati ādicco,
The sun shines by day,
The sun blazes by day,

rattimābhāti candimā.
The moon glows at night,
the moon glows at night,

Atha aggi divārattiṁ,
And fire, both by day and at night,
while a fire lights up both

tattha tattha pakāsati;
flares up here and there.
by day and by night.

Sambuddho tapataṁ seṭṭho,
But the Buddha is the best of those that shine:
But a Buddha is the best of lights:

esā ābhā anuttarā”ti.
He is the light unsurpassed. ”
this is the supreme radiance.”