With Candana

Candanasutta

With Candana

Candanasutta

EN
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,
PL
Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho candano devaputto bhagavantaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi: “Kathaṁsu tarati oghaṁ, rattindivamatandito; Appatiṭṭhe anālambe,
EN
does not sink in the deep?” “Someone who is always endowed with ethics, wise and serene, energetic and resolute,
PL
ko gambhīre na sīdatī”ti. “Sabbadā sīlasampanno, Paññavā susamāhito; Āraddhavīriyo pahitatto,
EN
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
PL
Oghaṁ tarati duttaraṁ. Virato kāmasaññāya, rūpasaṁyojanātigo; Nandīrāgaparikkhīṇo,
EN
does not sink in the deep.”
PL
so gambhīre na sīdatī”ti.

Pāli root text and English translation by Bhikkhu Sujato from SuttaCentral (https://suttacentral.net), CC0.

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