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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.24.3

తన్నిశమ్యోభయత్రాపి భగవతా రక్షణాయ ప్రయుక్తం సుదర్శనం నామ భాగవతం దయితమస్త్రం తత్తేజసా దుర్విషహం ముహు: పరివర్తమానమభ్యవస్థితో ముహూర్తముద్విజమానశ్చకితహృదయ ఆరాదేవ నివర్తతే తదుపరాగమితి వదన్తి లోకా: ॥ ౩ ॥
tan niśamyobhayatrāpi bhagavatā rakṣaṇāya prayuktaṁ sudarśanaṁ nāma bhāgavataṁ dayitam astraṁ tat tejasā durviṣahaṁ muhuḥ parivartamānam abhyavasthito muhūrtam udvijamānaś cakita-hṛdaya ārād eva nivartate tad uparāgam iti vadanti lokāḥ.
[tan nishamyobhayatraapi bhagavataa rakshanaaya prayuktam sudarshanam naama bhaagavatam dayitam astram tat tejasaa durvishaham muhuh parivartamaanam abhyavasthito muhoortam udvijamaanash chakita-hridaya aaraad eva nivartate tad uparaagam iti vadanti lokaah.]
tat — that situation niśamya — hearing ubhayatra — around both the sun and moon api — indeed bhagavatā — by the Supreme Personality of Godhead rakṣaṇāya — for their protection prayuktam — engaged sudarśanam — the wheel of Kṛṣṇa nāma — named bhāgavatam — the most confidential devotee dayitam — the most favorite astram — weapon tat — that tejasā — by its effulgence durviṣaham — unbearable heat muhuḥ — repeatedly parivartamānam — moving around the sun and moon abhyavasthitaḥ — situated muhūrtam — for a muhūrta (forty-eight minutes) udvijamānaḥ — whose mind was full of anxieties cakita — frightened hṛdayaḥ — the core of whose heart ārāt — to a distant place eva — certainly nivartate — flees tat — that situation uparāgam — an eclipse iti — thus vadanti — they say lokāḥ — the people.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tan niśamyobhayatrāpi bhagavatā rakṣaṇāya prayuktaṁ sudarśanaṁ nāma bhāgavataṁ dayitam astraṁ tat tejasā durviṣahaṁ muhuḥ parivartamānam abhyavasthito muhūrtam udvijamānaś cakita-hṛdaya ārād eva nivartate tad uparāgam iti vadanti lokāḥ.
tat
that situation
niśamya
hearing
ubhayatra
around both the sun and moon
api
indeed
bhagavatā
by the Supreme Personality of Godhead
rakṣaṇāya
for their protection
prayuktam
engaged
sudarśanam
the wheel of Kṛṣṇa
nāma
named
bhāgavatam
the most confidential devotee
dayitam
the most favorite
astram
weapon
tat
that
tejasā
by its effulgence
durviṣaham
unbearable heat
muhuḥ
repeatedly
parivartamānam
moving around the sun and moon
abhyavasthitaḥ
situated
muhūrtam
for a muhūrta (forty-eight minutes)
udvijamānaḥ
whose mind was full of anxieties
cakita
frightened
hṛdayaḥ
the core of whose heart
ārāt
to a distant place
eva
certainly
nivartate
flees
tat
that situation
uparāgam
an eclipse
iti
thus
vadanti
they say
lokāḥ
the people.
After hearing from the sun and moon demigods about Rāhu’s attack, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu, engages His disc, known as the Sudarśana cakra, to protect them. The Sudarśana cakra is the Lord’s most beloved devotee and is favored by the Lord. The intense heat of its effulgence, meant for killing non-Vaiṣṇavas, is unbearable to Rāhu, and he therefore flees in fear of it. During the time Rāhu disturbs the sun or moon, there occurs what people commonly know as an eclipse.

The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu, is always the protector of His devotees, who are also known as demigods. The controlling demigods are most obedient to Lord Viṣṇu, although they also want material sense enjoyment, and that is why they are called demigods, or almost godly. Although Rāhu attempts to attack both the sun and the moon, they are protected by Lord Viṣṇu. Being very afraid of Lord Viṣṇu’s cakra, Rāhu cannot stay in front of the sun or moon for more than a muhūrta (forty-eight minutes). The phenomenon that occurs when Rāhu blocks the light of the sun or moon is called an eclipse. The attempt of the scientists of this earth to go to the moon is as demoniac as Rāhu’s attack. Of course. their attempts will be failures because no one can enter the moon or sun so easily. Like the attack of Rāhu, such attempts will certainly be failures.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Hearing of Rāhu’s attack, the Lord engages his dear Sudarśana weapon to protect the sun and moon. Seeing the intolerable heat of the weapon rotating in front of him for forty-eight minutes, Rāhu, frightened and worried, flees to a distant place. People say that this is the eclipse. Ubhayatra means “to the sun and moon.” Seeing (verb is omitted) the cakra rotating, situated in front of it, he then fled. They say that is situation is an eclipse. Because of either precise or imprecise alignment, there are full and partial eclipses. Rāhu does not actually devour the sun or moon, since he is situated 10,000 yojanas away from the sun.
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