[393] "What do you think, Kaccāna: a firefly insect (kimi khajjopanako) in the gloom of the night's darkness, or an oil lamp in the gloom of the night's darkness — of these two splendors (vaṇṇa), which splendor is the more excellent and the more sublime?"
"Venerable Gotama, the oil lamp in the gloom of the night's darkness — this, of these two splendors, is the more excellent and the more sublime."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.