Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 8.9.26

siras tv amaratam nitam

ajo graham aciklpat

yas tu parvani candrarkav

abhidhavati vaira-dhih

SYNONYMS

sirah -- the head; tu -- of course; amaratam -- immortality; nitam -- having obtained; ajah -- Lord Brahma; graham -- as one of the planets; 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.

TRANSLATION

Rahu's head, however, having been touched by the nectar, became immortal. Thus Lord Brahma accepted Rahu's head as one of the planets. 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.

PURPORT

Since Rahu had become immortal, Lord Brahma accepted him as one of the grahas, or planets, like the moon and the sun. Rahu, however, being an eternal enemy of the moon and sun, attacks them periodically during the nights of the full moon and the dark moon.

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