Repeatedly struck by the Asuras, the celestials began to lose their strength. They then saw the learned Brahmana Atri, having penances for wealth, engaged in in the observance of austerities. Addressing that Rishi who had all his senses and in whom anger had been extinguished, they said, Sce, O Rishi, these two, viz., the Moon and the Sun who have both been pierced by the Asuras with their arrows.
असुरैर्वध्यमानास्ते क्षीणप्राणा दिवौकसः। अपश्यन्त तपस्यन्तमत्रिं विप्रं तपोधनम्॥ अथैनमब्रुवन् देवाः शान्तक्रोधं जितेन्द्रियम्। असुरैरिषुभिर्विद्धौ चन्द्रादित्याविमावुभौ॥