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Candanasutta

Candana With Candana

Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho candano devaputto bhagavantaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:
Standing to one side, the young deva Candana addressed the Blessed One in verse:
Standing to one side, the god Candana addressed the Buddha in verse:

“Kathaṁsu tarati oghaṁ,
“Who here crosses over the flood,
“Who here crosses the flood,

rattindivamatandito;
Unwearying by day and night?
tireless all day and night?

Appatiṭṭhe anālambe,
Who does not sink in the deep,
Who, not standing and unsupported,

ko gambhīre na sīdatī”ti.
Without support, without a hold?”
does not sink in the deep?”

“Sabbadā sīlasampanno,
“One always perfect in virtue,
“Someone who is always endowed with ethics,

Paññavā susamāhito;
Endowed with wisdom, well concentrated,
wise and serene,

Āraddhavīriyo pahitatto,
One energetic and resolute
energetic and resolute,

Oghaṁ tarati duttaraṁ.
Crosses the flood so hard to cross.
crosses the flood so hard to cross.

Virato kāmasaññāya,
“One who desists from sensual perception,
Someone who desists from sensual perception,

rūpasaṁyojanātigo;
Who has overcome the fetter of form,
has moved past the fetter of form,

Nandīrāgaparikkhīṇo,
Who has destroyed delight in existence—
and has finished with relishing and greed

so gambhīre na sīdatī”ti.
He does not sink in the deep. ”
does not sink in the deep.”