SN 2.15 With Candana

Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).

Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho candano devaputto bhagavantaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:

Standing to one side, the godling Candana addressed the Buddha in verse:

“Kathaṁsu tarati oghaṁ,

“Who here crosses the flood,

rattindivamatandito;

tireless all day and night?

Appatiṭṭhe anālambe,

Who, not standing and unsupported,

ko gambhīre na sīdatī”ti.

does not sink in the deep?”

“Sabbadā sīlasampanno,

“Someone who is always endowed with ethics,

Paññavā susamāhito;

wise and serene,

Āraddhavīriyo pahitatto,

energetic and resolute,

Oghaṁ tarati duttaraṁ.

crosses the flood so hard to cross.

Virato kāmasaññāya,

Someone who desists from sensual perception,

rūpasaṁyojanātigo;

has moved past the fetter of form,

Nandīrāgaparikkhīṇo,

and has finished with relishing and greed

so gambhīre na sīdatī”ti.

does not sink in the deep.”