[246] Tena kho pana samayena suriyo devaputto rāhunā asurindena gahito hoti . atha kho suriyo devaputto bhagavantaṃ anussaramāno tāyaṃ velāyaṃ imaṃ gāthaṃ abhāsi namo te buddhavīratthu vippamuttosi sabbadhi sambādhapaṭipannosmi tassa me saraṇaṃ bhavāti.

[247] Atha kho bhagavā suriyaṃ devaputtaṃ ārabbha rāhuṃ asurindaṃ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi tathāgataṃ arahantaṃ suriyo saraṇaṃ gato rāhu suriyaṃ pamuñcassu buddhā lokānukampakā yo andhakāre tamasī pabhaṅkaro verocano maṇḍali uggatejo Mā rāhu gilī caramantalikkhe pajaṃ mama rāhu pamuñca suriyanti.

[248] Atha kho rāhu asurindo suriyaṃ devaputtaṃ muñcitvā taramānarūpo yena vepacitti asurindo tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā saṃviggo lomahaṭṭhajāto ekamantaṃ aṭṭhāsi.

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