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.