𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙘𝙚𝙖𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙠 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙏𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙐𝙣𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙚
At the beginning of time, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘿𝙚𝙫𝙖𝙨 (𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙙𝙨) 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘼𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙖 (𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙀𝙫𝙞𝙡 𝙂𝙤𝙙𝙨) who were then all mortal, fought tirelessly for the domination of the world and the universe, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘿𝙚𝙫𝙖𝙨 weakened and defeated, went to meet the 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙪𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚 𝙂𝙤𝙙 𝙑𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙣𝙪 to ask his advice. He proposed that they temporarily unite with the 𝘼𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙖 in order to extract 𝘼𝙢𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙖, the nectar of immortality.
To do this, gods and demons lifted Mount Mandara before toppling it onto the sea of milk (the cosmic ocean). As the mountain sank, Vishnu took on the appearance of the kuma turtle, dove under the mountain in order to stabilize it.
Then the gods and demons threw magic herbs, wrapped the Naga King Vasuki around the mountain. The demons placed themselves at the level of the head and the gods at the level of the tail and alternately pulled the Great Nagā Vasuki in order to exert a rotation on the mountain in order to churn the milk and thus obtain the Amrita the Milk of immortality .
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙖𝙜𝙖 𝙨𝙪𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙫𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙆𝙖̂𝙡𝙖𝙠𝙪̂𝙩𝙖. 𝙖 𝙫𝙞𝙤𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙥𝙤𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙎𝙝𝙞𝙫𝙖 𝙙𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙠 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙨𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙮𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙚. 𝙃𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙗𝙡𝙪𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙠 𝙤𝙣 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙖𝙩. 𝙃𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧, 𝙖 𝙛𝙚𝙬 𝙙𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙨 𝙚𝙨𝙘𝙖𝙥𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙪𝙥 𝙗𝙮 𝙨𝙣𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙥𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙢. 𝙊𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙤𝙗𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙣 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨.
Over the years, the Naga's breath grew hot and almost suffocated the demons, but just in time appeared Dhanvantari, the physician of the devas (Gods) holding in his hands a cup full of amrita, the nectar of immortality.
Immediately the asuras threw themselves on him and seized the cup before the devas could intervene. Vishnu then took the form of one of his Mohini avatars, the most beautiful woman in the universe, and while the asuras were subjugated by her, he seized the cup and gave it to the devas.
Now made immortal, the devas could no longer be defeated 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙖 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙.
𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗰𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱;
𝗦𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗵𝗶̂; 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙬 𝙤𝙛 𝙖𝙗𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚, 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙥𝙚𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙠 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙪𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧, 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙨𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙛𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙨.
𝗩𝗮𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗶; 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙙𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙚, 𝙧𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙚𝙮𝙚𝙨, 𝙙𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙑𝙖𝙧𝙪𝙣𝙖.
𝗣𝗮̂𝗿𝗶𝗷𝗮̂𝘁𝗮; 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙪𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙧𝙖𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙛𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙨.
𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙧𝙖 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙤𝙣 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙎𝙝𝙞𝙫𝙖 𝙖𝙙𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙞𝙧;
𝙐𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙧𝙖𝙫𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙨𝙚, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙨, 𝙬𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙢𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙨 𝙨𝙮𝙢𝙗𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙯𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙧𝙨 𝙤𝙛
𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙍𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙗𝙤𝙬.
𝘼𝙞𝙧𝙖𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙖, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙘 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙚-𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙥𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙄𝙣𝙙𝙧𝙖'𝙨 𝙢𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩
𝗔𝗽𝘀𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘀; 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙙𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙙𝙨.
𝙎𝙝𝙧𝙞 𝙇𝙖𝙠𝙨𝙝𝙢𝙞, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙙𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙗𝙚𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙮, 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙪𝙣𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝, 𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙣 𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙩𝙪𝙨.
𝙆𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙗𝙝𝙖, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙡𝙖𝙬𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙘𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙟𝙚𝙬𝙚𝙡 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙙𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙑𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙣𝙪, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙖𝙧 𝙆𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙣𝙖.
One demon disguised himself and sat among the Devas. However, the moon and sun recognised him and informed Lord Vishnu about it. But by then, the Lord had already handed him Amrit.
Amrit had reached his throat when Lord 𝙑𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙣𝙪 separated his head from his body with his 𝘿𝙞𝙨𝙘 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙠𝙧𝙖 . Since the demon had already drunk Amrit, his head became immortal as 𝙍𝙖𝙝𝙪 & 𝙆𝙚𝙩𝙪. Since 𝙎𝙪𝙧𝙮𝙖 the sun and 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙧𝙖 the moon took the secret out, 𝙍𝙖𝙝𝙪 & 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮 (𝙆𝙚𝙩𝙪) became their enemies. They hate the sun and moon and hence the eclipse happens.
