Candimasutta

Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

Tena kho pana samayena candimā devaputto rāhunā asurindena gahito hoti.

Atha kho candimā devaputto bhagavantaṁ anussaramāno tāyaṁ velāyaṁ imaṁ gāthaṁ abhāsi:

“Namo te buddha vīratthu,

vippamuttosi sabbadhi;

Sambādhapaṭipannosmi,

tassa me saraṇaṁ bhavā”ti.

Atha kho bhagavā candimaṁ devaputtaṁ ārabbha rāhuṁ asurindaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:

“Tathāgataṁ arahantaṁ,

candimā saraṇaṁ gato;

Rāhu candaṁ pamuñcassu,

buddhā lokānukampakā”ti.

Atha kho rāhu asurindo candimaṁ devaputtaṁ muñcitvā taramānarūpo yena vepacitti asurindo tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā saṁviggo lomahaṭṭhajāto ekamantaṁ aṭṭhāsi.

Ekamantaṁ ṭhitaṁ kho rāhuṁ asurindaṁ vepacitti asurindo gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:

“Kiṁ nu santaramānova,

rāhu candaṁ pamuñcasi;

Saṁviggarūpo āgamma,

kiṁ nu bhītova tiṭṭhasī”ti.

“Sattadhā me phale muddhā,

jīvanto na sukhaṁ labhe;

Buddhagāthābhigītomhi,

no ce muñceyya candiman”ti.