The Moon, Etc.Candimādisutta

“The radiance of all the stars is not worth a sixteenth part of the moon’s radiance, so the moon’s radiance is said to be the best of them all. …”“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, yā kāci tārakarūpānaṁ pabhā, sabbā tā candimappabhāya kalaṁ nāgghanti soḷasiṁ, candappabhā tāsaṁ aggamakkhāyati;

“In the autumn, the heavens are sunny and cloudless. And as the sun is rising to the firmament, having dispelled all the darkness of space, it shines and glows and radiates. …”“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, saradasamaye viddhe vigatavalāhake deve ādicco nabhaṁ abbhussakkamāno sabbaṁ ākāsagataṁ tamagataṁ abhivihacca bhāsate ca tapate ca virocati ca;

“Mendicants, cloth from Kāsi is said to be the best kind of woven cloth. …”“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, yāni kānici tantāvutānaṁ vatthānaṁ, kāsikavatthaṁ tesaṁ aggamakkhāyati;

(Tell these in full as in the section on the Realized One.)(Yadapi tathāgataṁ, tadapi vitthāretabbaṁ.)