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The Adi Purana states: 'The west swallowed the sun, as if it were angry with the one from whom I was born.' (27) 'I am ashamed to be seen with the sun, so the evening, taking on a form, followed the sun.' (275) 'The sun, having taken me forward, left me behind when it went to the night. The evening, overwhelmed with sorrow, disappeared.' (276) 'The darkness, which had been hidden in caves and other places during the day, spread everywhere. Wise people do not leave their enemies alive, they destroy them completely.' (277) 'Just as the sky had previously made space for the light, so it made space for the darkness. This greatness of the sky is to be condemned.' (278) 'Just as in the Kali Yuga, the absence of the Jina leads to the spread of the influence of many fools due to ignorance, so at that time, the absence of the sun led to the spread of the light of many lamps and other things due to darkness.' (279) 'The moon rose, as if the Creator had lifted a silver pitcher filled with nectar to awaken the world, which was blinded by darkness.' (280) 'The moon was drinking the thick darkness with its rays, as if it were smoking to cure a cough or a wasting disease.' (281) 'The moon was unable to destroy all the darkness. This is because one whose sphere is impure and who is without power cannot destroy enemies.' (282) 'The lotuses in the ponds were blooming profusely from the touch of the moon's rays, as if they were looking at the moon with their blooming lotus-like eyes.' (283)