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 candramasaṃ 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 ||