Note 247 — Chapter I
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The reason of the eclipse is either that Chandra and Sūrya bleed in the fight with Rāhu and their forms get blackened247; or that the demon Rāhu comes between the two luminaries and this earth, and thus causes an eclipse248; or because Rāhu obstructs the sun and the moon in their daily course, and this intervention causes an eclipse249; or because Rāhu swallows the sun and the moon, but his throat being open, they escape, their short disappearance causing an eclipse.250