Dhammapada 1.3.p8

1.3.p8

Abhisapi. So pana mahānubhāvo atīte cattālīsa, anāgate cattālīsāti asītikappe anussarati. Tasmā ‘‘kassa nu kho upari abhisapo patissatī’’ti upadhārento ‘‘ācariyassā’’ti ñatvā tasmiṃ anukampaṃ paṭicca iddhibalena aruṇuggamanaṃ nivāreti.

Now Nārada possessed great supernatural power and could call to mind eighty cycles of time, forty cycles in the past and forty in the future. So considering, “On whom will the curse fall?” and perceiving that it would fall on his brother-ascetic, he felt compassion for him, and therefore put forth the power of his magic and prevented the sun from rising.