Candrasūtra

evaṃ mayā śrutam | ekasamayaṃ bhagavāṃ caṃpāyāṃ viharati gargarapuṣkariṇyās tīre |

tena khalu samayena rāhuṇā asurendreṇa sarvaṃ candramaṇḍalam āvṛtaṃ |

atha yā devatā tasmiṃ cand­ramaṇ­ḍale sthitā bhītā trastā saṃvignā hṛṣṭaromakūpā yena bhagavāṃs tenopajagāma | upetya bhagavat­pādau śirasā vanditvaikānte ’sthāt | ekāntasthitā bhagavaṃtaṃ gāthayā babhāṣe |

namas te buddha vīrāstu vipramuktāya savataḥ |
saṃbādhapratipanno ’smi tasya me śaraṇaṃ bhava ||

loke sugatam arhantaṃ candramāḥ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ |
rāhoś candra
masaṃ muñca buddhā lokānukaṃpakāḥ ||

bhagavāṃ gāthayā pratyābhāṣīt |

yo hy andhakāre nabhasi
prabhākaro vairocano |

rāho śaśāṅkaṃ grasa māntarīkṣe
prajāpradīpaṃ tvaritaṃ vimuñca ||

| saṃs­vinnagātro vyathitaḥ saṃbādhito yathā naraḥ | saṃtvaramāṇo ’sau rāhuś candramaṇḍalam utsṛṣṭaḥ ||

tena samayena baḍir virocanapautra āsīd asuraḥ | adrākṣīd baḍir virocanapautro rāhuṇā asurendreṇa tvaritatvaritaṃ candramaṇḍalam utsṛṣṭam dṛṣṭvā ca tasyāṃ velāyāṃ gāthāṃ babhāṣe ||

kiṃ nu saṃtvaramāṇas tvaṃ rāhuś candraṃ vimuñcasi | saṃsvinnagātro vyathitaḥ saṃbādhito yathā naraḥ ||

rāhur avocat || saptadhā me sphalen mūrdhā jīvan na sukham āpnuyāṃ tatra buddhābhigītena muñceyaṃ śaśinaṃ na cet ||

baḍir virocanapautra gāthayā babhāṣe ||

madarśinaḥ saṃbuddhāḥ |
teṣāṃ gāthābhigītena rāhuś candraṃ vimuñcati ||

candrasūtraṃ samāptam ||