SF276 ===== Exported from Holy-Writings.com on 2026-06-18 1 clipping 1. Candrasūtra evaṃ mayā śrutam ekasamayaṃ bhagavāñ śrāvastyāṃ viharati jetavana anāthapiṇḍadārāme / tena khalu samayena rāhuṇā asurendreṇa sarvaṃ candramaṇḍalam āvṛtam*/ atha yā devatā tasmiṃś candramaṇḍala adhyuṣitā sā bhītā trastā saṃvignā āhṛṣṭaromakūpā yena bhagavāṃs tenopajagāma / upetya bhagavatpādau śirasā vanditvaikāṃte 'sthād ekāntasthitā sā devatā tasyāṃ velāyāṃ gāthā babhāṣe // buddhavīra namas te 'stu vipramuktāya sarvataḥ saṃbādhapratipannāsmi tasya me śaraṇaṃ bhava : arhantaṃ sugataṃ loke candramāḥ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ rāhoś candramasaṃ muñca buddhā lokānukampakāḥ // bhagavān āha // tamonudaṃ taṃ nabhasi prabhākaraṃ virocanaṃ śuklaviśuddhavarcasam* rāho śaśāṅkaṃ grasa māntarīkṣe prajāpradīpaṃ drutam utsṛjainam* // atha rāhuṇā asurendreṇa tvaritatvaritaṃ candramaṇḍalam utsṛṣṭam* ⟨/⟩ tataḥ satvaramāṇo 'sau rāhuś candram avāsṛjat* saṃsvinnagātro vyathitaḥ saṃbhrānta āturo yathā // adrākṣīd baḍir vairocano rāhuṇā asurendreṇa tvaritatvaritaṃ candramaṇḍalam utsṛṣṭam* / dṛṣṭvā ca baḍir gāthāṃ babhāṣe // ki nu satvaramāṇas tvaṃ rāhuś candraṃ vimuñcasi á saṃsvinnagātro vyathitaḥ saṃbhrānta āturo yathā // rāhur avocat* // saptadhā me sphalen mūrdhā jīvan na sukham āpnuyāṃ tatra buddhābhigītena muñceyaṃ śaśinaṃ na cet* baḍir vairocano 'vocat* / x x x x x - - - x x x x madarśināṃ teṣāṃ gāthābhigītena rāhuś candraṃ vimuñcati // candrasūtraṃ samāptam* // — SF276 — san (CC0-1.0)