[1740] When this was said, a certain bhikkhu said this to the Blessed One: "Great indeed, venerable sir, is that darkness; exceedingly great indeed, venerable sir, is that darkness. Is there, venerable sir, another darkness greater and more fearsome than this darkness?"
"There is, bhikkhu, another darkness greater and more fearsome than this darkness."
"But what, venerable sir, is that other darkness greater and more fearsome than this darkness?"
[Editorial note in the Siam Raṭṭha edition: ¹ In the Burmese and European (PTS) editions this reading is absent. ² The Sinhalese and European editions read "ābhā."]
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.