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Māgadhasutta

Māgadha With Māghadha

Sāvatthinidānaṁ.
At Sāvatthī.
At Sāvatthī.

Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho māgadho devaputto bhagavantaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:
Standing to one side, the young deva Māgadha addressed the Blessed One in verse:
Standing to one side, the god Māgadha addressed the Buddha in verse:

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

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

Bhavantaṁ puṭṭhumāgamma,
We’ve 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 flares up both by day and at night,
while a fire lights up both

tattha tattha pakāsati;
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.”