देवलिङ्गप्रतिच्छन्न: स्वर्भानुर्देवसंसदि । प्रविष्ट: सोममपिबच्चन्द्रार्काभ्यां च सूचित: ॥ २४ ॥
deva-linga-praticchannah svarbhanur deva-samsadi pravistah somam apibac candrarkabhyam ca sucitah
- deva-linga-praticchannah
- covering himself with the dress of a demigod
- svarbhanuh
- Rahu (who attacks and eclipses the sun and moon)
- deva-samsadi
- in the group of the demigods
- pravistah
- having entered
- somam
- the nectar
- apibat
- drank
- candra-arkabhyam
- by both the moon and the sun
- ca
- and
- sucitah
- was pointed out.
Rahu, the demon who causes eclipses of the sun and moon, covered himself with the dress of a demigod and thus entered the assembly of the demigods and drank nectar without being detected by anyone, even by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The moon and the sun, however, because of permanent animosity toward Rahu, understood the situation. Thus Rahu was detected.