1 Sāvatthinidānaṃ. Tena kho pana samayena candimā devaputto rāhunā asurindena gahito hoti. Atha kho candimā 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 candimaṃ devaputtaṃ ārabbha rāhuṃ asurindaṃ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi: 

4 "Tathāgataṃ arahantaṃ,
candimā saraṇaṃ gato;
Rāhu candaṃ pamuñcassu,
buddhā lokānukampakā"ti.

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

6 "Kiṃ nu santaramānova,
rāhu candaṃ pamuñcasi;
Saṃviggarūpo āgamma,
kiṃ nu bhītova tiṭṭhasī"ti.

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