{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn2.9/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn2.9","id":"suttacentral_sn2.9","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn2.9/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At S\u0101vatth\u012b. Now at that time the Moon God had been seized by R\u0101hu, lord of titans. Then the Moon God, recollecting the Buddha, at that time spoke this verse: \u201cHomage to you, Buddha, hero! You\u2019re free in every way. I\u2019ve wandered into confinement: be my refuge!\u201d Then the Buddha addressed R\u0101hu in verse concerning the Moon God: \u201cThe Moon God has gone for refuge to the Realized One, the perfected one. The Buddhas have compassion for the world\u2014 so R\u0101hu, release the Moon!\u201d Then R\u0101hu, having released the Moon, rushed to see Vepacitti, lord of titans and stood to one side, shocked and awestruck. Vepacitti addressed him in verse: \u201cWhy the rush? R\u0101hu, you released the Moon and came here looking like you\u2019re in shock: why do you stand there so scared?\u201d \u201cMy head would have exploded in seven pieces, I would have found no happiness in life, if, when enchanted by the Buddha\u2019s verse, I had not released the Moon.\u201d","title":"The Moon","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":162}