SF276
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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
saṃtvaramāṇo 'sau rāhuś candram
avāsṛjat* saṃsvinnagātro
vyathitaḥ saṃbhrānta āturo yathā //
adrākṣīd baḍir vairocano rāhuṇā asurendreṇa
tvaritatvaritaṃ candramaṇḍalam
utsṛṣṭam* / dṛṣṭvā ca baḍir gāthāṃ babhāṣe //
kiṃ nu
saṃtvaramāṇas
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* //
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