Candrasūtra

1. evaṃ mayā śrutam ekasamayaṃ bhagavāñ śrāvastyāṃ viharati jetavana anāthapiṇḍadārāme / 2. tena khalu samayena rāhuṇā asurendreṇa sarvaṃ candramaṇḍalam āvṛtam* / 3. 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 //

Ed. bhitā but MS reads bhītā 4. buddhavīra namas te 'stu vipramuktāya sarvataḥ saṃbādhapratipannāsmi tasya me śaraṇaṃ bhava : Ed. buddha vīra

6. bhagavān āha //

tamonudaṃ taṃ nabhasi prabhākaraṃ virocanaṃ śuklaviśuddhavarcasam* rāho śaśāṅkaṃ grasa māntarīkṣe prajāpradīpaṃ drutam utsṛjainam* //

7. atha rāhuṇā asurendreṇa tvaritatvaritaṃ candramaṇḍalam utsṛṣṭam* ⟨/⟩ tataḥ saṃtvaramāṇo 'sau rāhuś candram avāsṛjat* saṃsvinnagātro vyathitaḥ saṃbhrānta āturo yathā //

8. adrākṣīd baḍir vairocano rāhuṇā asurendreṇa tvaritatvaritaṃ candramaṇḍalam utsṛṣṭam* / dṛṣṭvā ca baḍir gāthāṃ babhāṣe //

9. kiṃ nu saṃtvaramāṇas tvaṃ rāhuś candraṃ vimuñcasi · saṃsvinnagātro vyathitaḥ saṃbhrānta āturo yathā //

10. rāhur avocat* //

saptadhā me sphalen mūrdhājīvan na sukham āpnuyāṃ tatra buddhābhigītena muñceyaṃ śaśinaṃ na cet* Cf. Pelliot Sanskrit bleu 449 Ac: rāhu prāha // saptadhā me sphal[e] mūrdhā 11. baḍir vairocano 'vocat* / x x x x x - - - x x x x madarśināṃ teṣāṃ gāthābhigītena rāhuś candraṃ vimuñcati // Cf. Pelliot Sanskrit bleu 449 Ad: + + + + + .. .. .. .. .. .. .. (bh)i(g)itena muñce 12. candrasūtraṃ samāptam* //