SN 2.11

Candimasasutta

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:

With Candimasa

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:

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

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

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

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