Visuddhimagga XIII-97

Rattiṃ tiṇukkāya maggapaṭipanno cettha puriso opammaṃ.

这譬如有人用草的火炬来行夜路相似。

Ñ(XIII,97): And here there is the simile of the man who set out on a journey by night with a grass torch.

Eko kira rattiṃ tiṇukkāya maggaṃ paṭipajji.

据说一人用草的火炬来行夜路，

Ñ: Someone set out on a journey by night, it seems, with a grass torch.

Tassa sā tiṇukkā vijjhāyi.

当他的草的火炬灭了，

Ñ: His torch stopped flaming.

Athassa samavisamāni na paññāyiṃsu.

则不见道路的高低。

Ñ: Then the even and uneven places were no more evident to him.

So taṃ tiṇukkaṃ bhūmiyaṃ ghaṃsitvā tiṇukkā puna ujjālesi.

他把草的火炬向地上轻轻地一敲而再燃起来。

Ñ: He stubbed the torch on the ground and it again blazed up.

Sā pajjalitvā purimālokato mahantataraṃ ālokaṃ akāsi.

那再燃的火炬所放的光明比以前的光明更大。

Ñ: In doing so it gave more light than before.

Evaṃ punappunaṃ vijjhātaṃ ujjālayato kamena sūriyo uṭṭhāsi.

如是再灭而再燃，太阳便出来了。

Ñ: As it went on dying out and flaring up again, eventually the sun rose.

Sūriye uṭṭhite ukkāya kammaṃ natthīti taṃ chaḍḍetvā divasampi agamāsi.

当太阳升起时，则不需火炬而弃了它，可终日而行。

Ñ: When the sun had risen, he thought, 'There is no further need of the torch', and he threw it away and went on by daylight.