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# Verses on Dhamma 26.5.387

Dhammapadaṭṭhakathā 26.5.387

- **Language:** Pāli

### [26.5.387](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha.26.5.387)

‘‘Divā tapati ādicco, rattimābhāti candimā;  
Sannaddho khattiyo tapati, jhāyī tapati brāhmaṇo;  
Atha sabbamahorattiṃ, buddho tapati tejasā’’ti.

> 387. By day shines the sun, by night gleams the moon, The Warrior shines in his armor, the Brahman shines in trance, But all the day and all the night the Buddha shines in splendor.  
> — Eugene Watson Burlingame 1921, Buddhist Legends (Harvard Oriental Series 28–30)

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## Translations (1)

- [Buddhist Legends (Harvard Oriental Series 28–30)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha~en-burlingame.26.5.p4) — Eugene Watson Burlingame 1921, English

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