तद्व्यक्षरत्तदादित्यमभितोऽश्रयत्तद्वा एतद्यदेतदादित्यस्य कृष्णंरूपम् ॥ ३.३.३ ॥
॥ इति तृतीयः खण्डः ॥tadvyakṣarattadādityamabhito’śrayattadvā etadyadetadādityasya kṛṣṇaṃrūpam || 3.3.3 ||
|| iti tṛtīyaḥ khaṇḍaḥ ||3. All this [fame, etc.] spread out to the sun and took shelter there. It is this that gives rise to the black spots in the sun.
Word-for-word explanation:
Tat, that [fame, etc.]; vyakṣarat, spread out; tat, it; ādityam abhitaḥ, towards [in] the sun; aśrayat, took shelter; tat vai etat, it is this; yat etat, which is that; kṛṣṇam rūpam, black look; ādityasya, of the sun. Iti tṛtīyaḥ khaṇḍaḥ, here ends the third section.