Verses on Dhamma 26.5.p2

26.5.p2

Pasenadi kosalo kira mahāpavāraṇāya sabbābharaṇapaṭimaṇḍito gandhamālādīni ādāya vihāraṃ agamāsi. Tasmiṃ khaṇe kāḷudāyitthero jhānaṃ samāpajjitvā parisapariyante nisinno hoti, nāmameva panassetaṃ, sarīraṃ suvaṇṇavaṇṇaṃ. Tasmiṃ pana khaṇe cando uggacchati, sūriyo atthameti. Ānandatthero atthamentassa ca sūriyassa uggacchantassa ca candassa obhāsaṃ olokento rañño sarīrobhāsaṃ therassa sarīrobhāsaṃ tathāgatassa ca sarīrobhāsaṃ olokesi. Tattha sabbobhāse atikkamitvā satthāva virocati. Thero satthāraṃ vanditvā, ‘‘bhante, ajja mama ime obhāse olokentassa tumhākameva obhāso ruccati. Tumhākañhi sarīraṃ sabbobhāse atikkamitvā virocatī’’ti āha. Atha naṃ satthā, ‘‘ānanda, sūriyo nāma divā virocati, cando rattiṃ, rājā alaṅkatakāleyeva, khīṇāsave gaṇasaṅgaṇikaṃ pahāya antosamāpattiyaṃyeva virocati, buddhā pana rattimpi divāpi pañcavidhena tejena virocantī’’ti vatvā imaṃ gāthamāha –

The story goes that, on the Great Terminal Festival, Pasenadi Kosala went to the monastery, adorned with all the adornments, bearing perfumes, garlands, and the like in his hands. At that moment Elder Kāludāyi was sitting in the outer circle of the congregation, having entered into a state of trance. His body was pleasing to look upon, for it was of a golden hue. Now just at that moment the moon rose and the sun set. Elder Ānanda looked at the radiance of the sun as the sun set, and of the moon as the moon rose; then he looked at the radiance of the body of the king and at the radiance of the body of the Elder and at the radiance of the body of the Tathāgata. The Teacher far outshone the radiance of all the others.

The Elder saluted the Teacher and said, "Reverend Sir, as to-day I gazed upon the radiance of all these bodies, the radiance of your body alone satisfied me; for your body far outshone the radiance of all these other bodies." Said the Teacher to the Elder, "Ānanda, the sun shines by day, the moon by night, the king when he is adorned, the Arahat when he has left human associations behind and is absorbed in trance. But the Buddhas shine both by night and by day, and shine with fivefold brightness." So saying, he pronounced the following Stanza,