Pañcālacaṇḍasutta

Sāvatthinidānaṁ. Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho pañcālacaṇḍo devaputto bhagavato santike imaṁ gāthaṁ abhāsi:

At Sāvatthī. Standing to one side, the godling Pañcālacaṇḍa spoke this verse in the Buddha’s presence:

“Sambādhe vata okāsaṁ, Avindi bhūrimedhaso; Yo jhānamabujjhi buddho, Paṭilīnanisabho munī”ti.

“The opening amid confinement was discovered by the Buddha of vast intelligence, who awakened to absorption, the sage, the solitary boss bull.”

“Sambādhe vāpi vindanti, (pañcālacaṇḍāti bhagavā) Dhammaṁ nibbānapattiyā; Ye satiṁ paccalatthaṁsu, Sammā te susamāhitā”ti.

“Even amid confinement they understand,” said the Buddha to Pañcālacaṇḍa, “the principle for attaining extinguishment. Those who have acquired mindfulness are perfectly serene in samādhi.”