1“What’s the lamp for the world?
What in the world is wakeful?
Who are one’s work colleagues?
What is one’s walk of life?

2What nurtures the idle and the tireless,
like a mother her child?
By what do the creatures who live off the earth
sustain their life?”

3“Wisdom is the lamp for the world.
Mindfulness in the world is wakeful.
Cattle are one’s work colleagues,
and the furrow is one’s walk of life.

4Rain nurtures the idle and the tireless,
like a mother her child.
The creatures who live on the earth
sustain their life by rain.”

1"Kiṁsu lokasmi pajjoto,
kiṁsu lokasmi jāgaro;
Kiṁsu kamme sajīvānaṁ,
kimassa iriyāpatho.

2Kiṁsu alasaṁ analasañca,
Mātā puttaṁva posati;
Kiṁ bhūtā upajīvanti,
Ye pāṇā pathavissitā"ti.

3"Paññā lokasmi pajjoto,
sati lokasmi jāgaro;
Gāvo kamme sajīvānaṁ,
sītassa iriyāpatho.

4Vuṭṭhi alasaṁ analasañca,
Mātā puttaṁva posati;
Vuṭṭhiṁ bhūtā upajīvanti,
Ye pāṇā pathavissitā"ti.