[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Buddhist Sanskrit literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit) › [Āgama sūtras of the mainstream schools](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama) › [Sūtras of the Connected Discourses transmitted singly](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta) › [Candrasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.candrasutra) › [ཟླ་བའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.candrasutra*bo) › [The Sutra of the Moon (1)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.candrasutra*bo~en-84000) › 2 # ཟླ་བའ་མད 2 The Sūtra of the Moon (1) 2 - **Language:** English ### [2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.candrasutra*bo~en-84000.2) recollecting and taking the Blessed One to heart,²¹ recited this verse: “I bow to the heroic Buddha.²² May you swiftly liberate all beings!²³ As I have come into confinement I take refuge in you.”²⁴ Then the Blessed One, for the sake of the god Candramas, addressed Rāhu, lord of the asuras, with this verse: “Since buddhas have compassion for the world, Candramas took refuge In the Worthy One, the Tathāgata; Therefore, Rāhu, set the moon free!”²⁵ Thereupon Rāhu, lord of the asuras, set the god Candramas free and hurriedly²⁶ approached Vemacitra,²⁷ lord of the asuras. He then sat to one side, displeased,²⁸ agitated, and with all his body hairs bristling. Vemacitra, lord of the asuras, now questioned Rāhu, lord of the asuras, in verse: “Why, Rāhu, did you release The moon in such a fright? You are a very miserable sight. Why did you approach in fear?”²⁹ Rāhu replied:³⁰ “Had I, hearing the Buddha’s verse, Not then released the moon My head would have split into seven pieces³¹ And my life would be without happiness.” - [Previous: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.candrasutra*bo~en-84000.1) - [Next: notes.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.candrasutra*bo~en-84000.notes.1) ## Linked texts (1) - [ཟླ་བའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.candrasutra*bo.2) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.candrasutra*bo~en-84000.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.candrasutra*bo~en-84000.2) · Pramāṇa