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SN 2.11

With Candimasa · Candimasasutta

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At Sāvatthī. Then, late at night, the glorious godling Candimasa, lighting up the entire Jeta’s Grove, went up to the Buddha, bowed, stood to one side, and spoke this verse in the Buddha’s presence:

Sāvatthinidānaṁ. Atha kho candimaso devaputto abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇo kevalakappaṁ jetavanaṁ obhāsetvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhāsi. Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho candimaso devaputto bhagavato santike imaṁ gāthaṁ abhāsi:

“Like deer in a mosquito-free marsh, they will reach a safe place having entered the absorptions, unified, alert, and mindful.”

“Te hi sotthiṁ gamissanti, kacchevāmakase magā; Jhānāni upasampajja, ekodi nipakā satā”ti.

“Like fish when the net is cut, they will reach the far shore having entered the absorptions, diligent, with strife discarded.”

“Te hi pāraṁ gamissanti, chetvā jālaṁva ambujo; Jhānāni upasampajja, appamattā raṇañjahā”ti.