2.15. Candana: Chiên Ðàn

Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho candano devaputto bhagavantaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:

“Kathaṁsu tarati oghaṁ,

rattindivamatandito;

Appatiṭṭhe anālambe,

ko gambhīre na sīdatī”ti.

“Sabbadā sīlasampanno,

Paññavā susamāhito;

Āraddhavīriyo pahitatto,

Oghaṁ tarati duttaraṁ.

Virato kāmasaññāya,

rūpasaṁyojanātigo;

Nandīrāgaparikkhīṇo,

so gambhīre na sīdatī”ti.

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

“Who here crosses the flood,

tireless all day and night?

Who, not standing and unsupported,

does not sink in the deep?”

“Someone who is always endowed with ethics,

wise and serene,

energetic and resolute,

crosses the flood so hard to cross.

Someone who desists from sensual perception,

has moved past the fetter of form,

and has finished with relishing and greed

does not sink in the deep.”