Māgadhasutta With Māghadha

Sāvatthinidānaṁ. At Sāvatthī.

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

“Kati lokasmiṁ pajjotā, “How many lamps are there yehi loko pakāsati; that light up the world? Bhavantaṁ puṭṭhumāgamma, We’ve come to ask the Buddha; kathaṁ jānemu taṁ mayan”ti. how are we to understand this?”

“Cattāro loke pajjotā, “There are four lamps in the world, pañcamettha na vijjati; a fifth is not found. Divā tapati ādicco, The sun blazes by day, rattimābhāti candimā. the moon radiates at night,

Atha aggi divārattiṁ, while a fire illuminates both tattha tattha pakāsati; by day and by night. Sambuddho tapataṁ seṭṭho, But a Buddha is the best of blazes: esā ābhā anuttarā”ti. this is the supreme radiance.”