[724] This is what the Blessed One said. Having said this, the Fortunate One (Sugata), the Teacher, further said this:
The khattiya is the best among people
who take the clan as their standard;
but one accomplished in true knowledge (vijjā) and conduct (caraṇa)
is the best among devas and humans.
By day the sun shines; by night the moon glows;
girt in armor the khattiya shines; meditating, the brahmin shines;
but all day and night the Buddha shines with splendor.
The eleventh.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.