He (the king) had been overwhelmed by the effulgence of Vasislitha's son as the sun by the planet (Rahu) at the time of an eclipse.
स हि द्वादश वर्षाणि वासिष्ठस्यैव तेजसा। ग्रस्त आसीद् ग्रेहणेव पर्वकाले दिवाकरः॥