Candanasutta

Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho candano devaputto bhagavantaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:

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

“Kathaṁsu tarati oghaṁ, rattindivamatandito; Appatiṭṭhe anālambe, ko gambhīre na sīdatī”ti.

“Who here crosses the flood, tireless all day and night? Who, not standing and unsupported, does not sink in the deep?”

“Sabbadā sīlasampanno, Paññavā susamāhito; Āraddhavīriyo pahitatto, Oghaṁ tarati duttaraṁ.

“Someone who is always endowed with ethics, wise and serene, energetic and resolute, crosses the flood so hard to cross.

Virato kāmasaññāya, rūpasaṁyojanātigo; Nandīrāgaparikkhīṇo, so gambhīre na sīdatī”ti.

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.”