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Saṁyutta Nikāya 1.26

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3. Sattivagga

3. A Sword

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Pajjotasutta

Lamps

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“Kati lokasmiṁ pajjotā,

“How many lamps are there

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Tehi loko pakāsati;

that light up the world?

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Bhagavantaṁ puṭṭhumāgamma,

We’ve come to ask you, worthy sir:

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Kathaṁ jānemu taṁ mayan”ti.

how are we to understand this?”

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“Cattāro loke pajjotā,

“There are four lamps in the world,

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pañcamettha na vijjati;

a fifth is not found.

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Divā tapati ādicco,

The sun blazes by day,

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rattimābhāti candimā.

the moon radiates at night,

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Atha aggi divārattiṁ,

while a fire illuminates both

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tattha tattha pakāsati;

by day and by night.

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Sambuddho tapataṁ seṭṭho,

But a Buddha is the best of blazes:

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esā ābhā anuttarā”ti.

this is the supreme radiance.”