1.1“Kiṁsu lokasmi pajjoto,“What’s the lamp for the world?1.2kiṁsu lokasmi jāgaro;What in the world is wakeful?1.3Kiṁsu kamme sajīvānaṁ,Who are one’s work colleagues?1.4kimassa iriyāpatho.What is one’s walk of life?

2.1Kiṁsu alasaṁ analasañca,What nurtures the idle and the tireless,2.2Mātā puttaṁva posati;like a mother her child?2.3Kiṁ bhūtā upajīvanti,By what do the creatures who live off the earth2.4Ye pāṇā pathavissitā”ti.sustain their life?”

3.1“Paññā lokasmi pajjoto,“Wisdom is the lamp for the world.3.2sati lokasmi jāgaro;Mindfulness in the world is wakeful.3.3Gāvo kamme sajīvānaṁ,Cattle are one’s work colleagues,¹3.4sītassa iriyāpatho.and the furrow is one’s walk of life.

4.1Vuṭṭhi alasaṁ analasañca,Rain nurtures the idle and the tireless,4.2Mātā puttaṁva posati;like a mother her child.4.3Vuṭṭhiṁ bhūtā upajīvanti,The creatures who live off the earth4.4Ye pāṇā pathavissitā”ti.sustain their life by rain.”