Sūta said: He begot of Madrā the famous son Soma (the moon). When the sun was hit by Svarbhānu (Rāhu), when he was falling down to the earth from the heaven and when this world was overwhelmed by darkness, it was by him (i.e. Atri) that light was made to function. The sun who was falling was also told “Welfare to you.” Due to the utterance of that Brahmanical sage, he (the Sun) did not fall from heaven on to the earth. It was Atri, the sage of great penance, who initiated the spiritual lines (of Ātreyas). It was he who brought about the prevention of death of Suras in the course of Yajñas. He begot of those (ten Apsaras) sons equal to himself.