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Chapter 20: Conversation Between Maitreya and Vidura

Verse 19 of 53
SB 3.20.19

विससर्जात्मनः कायं नाभिनन्दंस्तमोमयम् जगृहुर्यक्षरक्षांसि रात्रिं क्षुत्तृट्समुद्भवाम्

visasarjātmanaḥ kāyaṁ nābhinandaṁs tamomayam jagṛhur yakṣa-rakṣāṁsi rātriṁ kṣut-tṛṭ-samudbhavām

Synonyms

visasarjathrew off; ātmanaḥhis own; kāyambody; nanot; abhinandanbeing pleased; tamas-mayammade of ignorance; jagṛhuḥtook possession; yakṣa-rakṣāṁsithe Yakṣas and Rākṣasas; rātrimnight; kṣudhhunger; tṛṭthirst; samudbhavāmthe source..

Translation

Out of disgust, Brahmā threw off the body of ignorance, and taking this opportunity, Yakṣas and Rākṣasas sprang for possession of the body, which continued to exist in the form of night. Night is the source of hunger and thirst.

Verse 19 of 53
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