Dighanikaya 27.121_8

27.121_8

Kittake ṭhāne ālokaṃ karontīti? Ekappahārena tīsu dīpesu ālokaṃ karonti. Kathaṃ? Imasmiñhi dīpe sūriyuggamanakālo pubbavidehe majjhanhiko hoti, uttarakurūsu atthaṅgamanakālo, aparagoyāne majjhimayāmo. Pubbavidehamhi uggamanakālo uttarakurūsu majjhanhiko, aparagoyāne atthaṅgamanakālo, idha majjhimayāmo. Uttarakurūsu uggamanakālo aparagoyāne majjhanhiko, idha atthaṅgamanakālo, pubbavidehe majjhimayāmo. Aparagoyānadīpe uggamanakālo idha majjhanhiko, pubbavidehe atthaṅgamanakālo, uttarakurūsu majjhimayāmoti.

Regarding 'In how large a place do they make light?': at one stroke they make light across three continents. How? For when it is sunrise on this continent, it is midday in Pubbavideha, sunset in Uttarakuru, and midnight in Aparagoyāna. When it is sunrise in Pubbavideha, it is midday in Uttarakuru, sunset in Aparagoyāna, and midnight here. When it is sunrise in Uttarakuru, it is midday in Aparagoyāna, sunset here, and midnight in Pubbavideha. When it is sunrise in the continent of Aparagoyāna, it is midday here, sunset in Pubbavideha, and midnight in Uttarakuru.