The sun and the moon therefore undergoing eclipses on unusual days willing in a great slaughter of all creatures on earth. Even the Rakshasas drinking mouthful of blood are not satiated.
अपर्वणि ग्रहेणैतौ प्रजाः संक्षपयिष्यतः। मांसवर्ष पुनस्तीव्रमासीत् कृष्णचतुर्दशीम्। शोणितैर्वक्त्रसम्पूर्णा अतृप्तास्तत्र राक्षसाः॥