At that time which was the end of Treta and the commencement of Dvapara, when the time came for many sufficiently old creatures to give up their lives, the thousand-eyed god poured no rain. The planet Brihaspati began to move in the opposite course, and Soma, giving up his own orbit, receded towards the south.
प्रजानामतिवृद्धानां युगान्ते समुपस्थिते। त्रेताविमोक्षसमये द्वापरप्रतिपादने॥ ववर्ष सहस्त्राक्षः प्रतिलोमोऽभवद् गुरुः। जगाम दक्षिणं मार्गं सोमो व्यावृत्तलक्षणः॥ न