10. Sūriyasuttaṃ

91. Sāvatthinidānaṃ. Tena kho pana samayena sūriyo devaputto rāhunā asurindena gahito hoti. Atha kho sūriyo devaputto bhagavantaṃ anussaramāno tāyaṃ velāyaṃ imaṃ gāthaṃ abhāsi –

‘‘Namo te buddha vīratthu, vippamuttosi sabbadhi;

Sambādhapaṭipannosmi, tassa me saraṇaṃ bhavā’’ti.

Atha kho bhagavā sūriyaṃ devaputtaṃ ārabbha rāhuṃ asurindaṃ gāthāhi ajjhabhāsi –

‘‘Tathāgataṃ arahantaṃ, sūriyo saraṇaṃ gato;

Rāhu sūriyaṃ ² pamuñcassu, buddhā lokānukampakā.

‘‘Yo andhakāre tamasi pabhaṅkaro,

Verocano maṇḍalī uggatejo;

Mā rāhu gilī caramantalikkhe,

Pajaṃ mamaṃ rāhu pamuñca sūriya’’nti.

Atha kho rāhu asurindo sūriyaṃ devaputtaṃ muñcitvā taramānarūpo yena vepacitti asurindo tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā saṃviggo lomahaṭṭhajāto ekamantaṃ aṭṭhāsi. Ekamantaṃ ṭhitaṃ kho rāhuṃ asurindaṃ vepacitti asurindo gāthāya ajjhabhāsi –

‘‘Kiṃ nu santaramānova, rāhu sūriyaṃ pamuñcasi;

Saṃviggarūpo āgamma, kiṃ nu bhītova tiṭṭhasī’’ti.

‘‘Sattadhā me phale muddhā, jīvanto na sukhaṃ labhe;

Buddhagāthābhigītomhi, no ce muñceyya sūriya’’nti.

Paṭhamo vaggo.

Tassuddānaṃ –

Dve kassapā ca māgho ca, māgadho dāmali kāmado;

Pañcālacaṇḍo tāyano, candimasūriyena te dasāti.