1.1“Kati lokasmiṁ pajjotā,“How many lamps are there¹1.2Tehi loko pakāsati;that light up the world?1.3Bhagavantaṁ puṭṭhumāgamma,We’ve come to ask the worthy sir:²1.4Kathaṁ jānemu taṁ mayan”ti.how are we to understand this?”

2.1“Cattāro loke pajjotā,∥“There are four lamps in the world,2.2pañcamettha na vijjati;a fifth is not found.³2.3Divā tapati ādicco,The sun blazes by day,2.4rattimābhāti candimā.the moon radiates at night,

3.1Atha aggi divārattiṁ,while a fire illuminates both3.2tattha tattha pakāsati;by day and by night.3.3Sambuddho tapataṁ seṭṭho,But a Buddha is the best of blazes:3.4esā ābhā anuttarā”ti.this is the supreme radiance.”