Magadha Sutta

Translation by Bhikkhuni Uppalavanna

1. In Sàvatthi at the monastery.

2. Magadha the son of the gods standing on a side said this stanza in the presence of the Blessed One:


 * "How many lights are evident in the world?
 * By which the world is manifested?
 * We came to know this from the good one."


 * "There are four lights in the world, a fifth is not evident.
 * The sun burns during the day, the moon shines at night,
 * Fire burns here and there during the day and night.
 * Of those that illuminate, the Enlightened One is foremost.
 * His radiance is incomparable."