Having reached the top of the sun's car Hanuman touched Rāhu; so he, the repressor of the moon's rays, accordingly went back on beholding the sun thus possessed.
अनेन च परामृष्टो राहुः सूर्यरथोपरि। अपक्रान्तस्ततस्त्रस्तो राहुश्चन्द्रार्कमर्दनः॥