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Saį¹yutta NikÄya 1.26 Linked Discourses 1.26
3. Sattivagga 3. A Sword
Pajjotasutta Lamps Sources of Light
āKati lokasmiį¹ pajjotÄ, āHow many lamps are there These verses are also at SN 2.4.āHow many sources of light are in the world
Tehi loko pakÄsati; that light up the world? By means of which the world is illumined?
Bhagavantaį¹ puį¹į¹humÄgamma, Weāve come to ask the worthy sir: Accept variant bhavantaį¹ in this and similar passages. Bhagavantaį¹ is hypermetrical.We have come to ask the Blessed One this:
Kathaį¹ jÄnemu taį¹ mayanāti. how are we to understand this?ā How are we to understand it?ā
āCattÄro loke pajjotÄ, āThere are four lamps in the world, āThere are four sources of light in the world;
paƱcamettha na vijjati; a fifth is not found. With this, the Buddha contradicts YÄjƱavalkya, who posits two additional lights: speech (as when you can make your way in the dark by the sound of anotherās voice) and the Self (Bį¹hadÄraį¹yaka Upaniį¹£ad 4.3).A fifth one is not found here.
DivÄ tapati Ädicco, The sun blazes by day, The sun shines by day,
rattimÄbhÄti candimÄ. the moon radiates at night, The moon glows at night,
Atha aggi divÄrattiį¹, while a fire illuminates both And fire, both by day and at night,
tattha tattha pakÄsati; by day and by night. flares up here and there.
Sambuddho tapataį¹ seį¹į¹ho, But a Buddha is the best of blazes: But the Buddha is the best of those that shine:
esÄ ÄbhÄ anuttarÄāti. this is the supreme radiance.ā He is the light unsurpassed. ā