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.