शिरस्त्वमरतां नीतमजो ग्रहमचीक्लृपत् । यस्तु पर्वणि चन्द्रार्कावभिधावति वैरधी: ॥ २६ ॥
siras tv amaratam nitam ajo graham aciklpat yas tu parvani candrarkav abhidhavati vaira-dhih
- sirah
- the head
- tu
- of course
- amaratam
- immortality
- nitam
- having obtained
- ajah
- Lord Brahma
- graham
- as one of the planes
- aciklpat
- recognized
- yah
- the same Rahu
- tu
- indeed
- parvani
- during the periods of the full moon and dark moon
- candra-arkau
- both the moon and the sun
- abhidhavati
- chases
- vaira-dhih
- because of animosity.
Rahu’s head, however, having been touched by the nectar, became immortal. Thus Lord Brahma accepted Rahu’s head as one of the planes. Since Rahu is an eternal enemy of the moon and the sun, he always tries to attack them on the nights of the full moon and the dark moon.