[241] Sāvatthiyaṃ viharati ... tena kho pana samayena candimā devaputto rāhunā asurindena gahito hoti . atha kho candimā devaputto bhagavantaṃ anussaramāno tāyaṃ velāyaṃ imaṃ gāthaṃ abhāsi namo te buddhavīratthu vippamuttosi sabbadhi sambādhapaṭipannosmi tassa me saraṇaṃ bhavāti.

[242] Atha kho bhagavā candimaṃ devaputtaṃ ārabbha rāhuṃ asurindaṃ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi tathāgataṃ arahantaṃ candimā saraṇaṃ gato rāhu candaṃ pamuñcassu buddhā lokānukampakāti.

[243] Atha kho rāhu asurindo candimaṃ devaputtaṃ muñcitvā taramānarūpo yena vepacitti asurindo tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā Saṃviggo lomahaṭṭhajāto ekamantaṃ aṭṭhāsi.

[244] Ekamantaṃ ṭhitaṃ kho rāhuṃ asurindaṃ vepacitti asurindo gāthāya ajjhabhāsi kinnu santaramānova rāhu candaṃ pamuñcasi saṃviggarūpo āgamma kinnu bhītova tiṭṭhasīti.