9. Candimasuttaṃ

90. Sāvatthinidānaṃ. Tena kho pana samayena candimā devaputto rāhunā asurindena gahito hoti. Atha kho candimā devaputto bhagavantaṃ anussaramāno tāyaṃ velāyaṃ imaṃ gāthaṃ abhāsi –

‘‘Namo te buddha vīratthu, vippamuttosi sabbadhi;

Sambādhapaṭipannosmi, tassa me saraṇaṃ bhavā’’ti.

Atha kho bhagavā candimaṃ devaputtaṃ ārabbha rāhuṃ asurindaṃ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi –

‘‘Tathāgataṃ arahantaṃ, candimā saraṇaṃ gato;

Rāhu candaṃ pamuñcassu, buddhā lokānukampakā’’ti.

Atha kho rāhu asurindo candimaṃ devaputtaṃ muñcitvā taramānarūpo yena vepacitti asurindo tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā saṃviggo lomahaṭṭhajāto ekamantaṃ aṭṭhāsi. Ekamantaṃ ṭhitaṃ kho rāhuṃ asurindaṃ vepacitti asurindo gāthāya ajjhabhāsi –

‘‘Kiṃ nu santaramānova, rāhu candaṃ pamuñcasi;

Saṃviggarūpo āgamma, kiṃ nu bhītova tiṭṭhasī’’ti.

‘‘Sattadhā me phale muddhā, jīvanto na sukhaṃ labhe;

Buddhagāthābhigītomhi, no ce muñceyya candima’’nti.