1 Sāvatthinidānaṃ. Tena kho pana samayena sūriyo devaputto rāhunā asurindena gahito hoti. Atha kho sūriyo devaputto bhagavantaṃ anussaramāno tāyaṃ velāyaṃ imaṃ gāthaṃ abhāsi: 

2 "Namo te buddha vīratthu,
vippamuttosi sabbadhi;
Sambādhapaṭipannosmi,
tassa me saraṇaṃ bhavā"ti.

3 Atha kho bhagavā sūriyaṃ devaputtaṃ ārabbha rāhuṃ asurindaṃ gāthāhi ajjhabhāsi: 

4 "Tathāgataṃ arahantaṃ,
sūriyo saraṇaṃ gato;
Rāhu sūriyaṃ pamuñcassu,
buddhā lokānukampakā.

5 Yo andhakāre tamasi pabhankaro,
Verocano maṇḍalī uggatejo;
Mā rāhu gilī caramantalikkhe,
Pajaṃ mamaṃ rāhu pamuñca sūriyan"ti.

6 Atha kho rāhu asurindo sūriyaṃ devaputtaṃ muñcitvā taramānarūpo yena vepacitti asurindo tenupasankami; upasankamitvā saṃviggo lomahaṭṭhajāto ekamantaṃ aṭṭhāsi. Ekamantaṃ ṭhitaṃ kho rāhuṃ asurindaṃ vepacitti asurindo gāthāya ajjhabhāsi: 

7 "Kiṃ nu santaramānova,
rāhu sūriyaṃ pamuñcasi;
Saṃviggarūpo āgamma,
kiṃ nu bhītova tiṭṭhasī"ti.

8 "Sattadhā me phale muddhā,
jīvanto na sukhaṃ labhe;
Buddhagāthābhigītomhi,
no ce muñceyya sūriyan"ti.

Paṭhamo vaggo.

9 Dve kassapā ca māgho ca,
Māgadho dāmali kāmado;
Pañcālacaṇḍo tāyano,
Candimasūriyena te dasāti.