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With Candimasa

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Linked Discourses 2.11 · 2. With Anāthapiṇḍika

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, ^[1]

and spoke this verse in the Buddha’s presence:

“Like deer in a mosquito-free marsh,

they will reach a safe place

having entered the absorptions,

unified, alert, and mindful.”

“Like fish when the net is cut,

they will reach the far shore

having entered the absorptions,

diligent, with strife discarded.” ^[2]

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[1] Candimasa is another form of the shining “moon”, echoing Vedic candramasa (eg. Rig Veda 1.84.15, 10.64.3, Chāndogya Upaniṣad4.15.5, etc.). As often, there is no obvious link between the deity and the content of their verses.

[2] Rig Vedic raṇa usually means “joy, delight” (eg. 8.96.16, 10.104.7) or occasionally “battle, strife, conflict” (see MN 139). The commentary explains it here as “vice, defilement”. But compare Rig Veda 10.112.10, where Indra the “bounteous” (maghavan) is urged to “battle” and bestow a share of winnings on devotees. Likewise at 10.113.4 Indra’s successful “battle” is a prelude to releasing the waters. Then there is the oft-quoted line dhanañjayaṃ raṇe-raṇe (“winner of the stakes in every battle”, 1.74.3, 6.16.15). These suggest emendation to raṇañjaya (“victor in battle”), but this is not attested in Pali. On the other hand, the Chinese translation at SA 1303 seems to take raṇa in the sense of “delight” (喜樂). Also see the uddāna to Thag 1.50, vimalo ca raṇañjaho, which supports the commentarial sense “free of defilement”. On the whole, since the sense “strife” is clearly attested, and the development of Vedic “joy” to commentarial “defilement” is not well-attested, I am inclined to accept the sense “strife” in all cases, while suspecting that the original of raṇañjaha was raṇañjaya.