The planet Rahu on account of its great bulk covers both the sun and the moon in due tiine (during eclipses). I tell you all this in brief.
स राहुश्छादयत्येतौ यथाकालं महत्तया॥ चन्द्रादित्यौ महाराज संक्षेपोऽयमुदाहृतः।