Standing to one side, the godling Candana addressed the Buddha in verse: Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho candano devaputto bhagavantaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:

“Who here crosses the flood, “Kathaṁsu tarati oghaṁ, tireless all day and night? rattindivamatandito; Who, not standing and unsupported, Appatiṭṭhe anālambe, does not sink in the deep?” ko gambhīre na sīdatī”ti.

“Someone who is always endowed with ethics, “Sabbadā sīlasampanno, wise and serene, Paññavā susamāhito; energetic and resolute, Āraddhavīriyo pahitatto, crosses the flood so hard to cross. Oghaṁ tarati duttaraṁ.

Someone who desists from sensual perception, Virato kāmasaññāya, has moved past the fetter of form, rūpasaṁyojanātigo; and has finished with relishing and greed Nandīrāgaparikkhīṇo, does not sink in the deep.” so gambhīre na sīdatī”ti.