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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.15.10
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 10
- eṣa deva diter garbha
- ojaḥ kāśyapam arpitam
- diśas timirayan sarvā
- vardhate 'gnir ivaidhasi
eṣaḥthis — this; devaO lord — O lord; diteḥof Diti — of Diti; garbhaḥwomb — womb; ojaḥsemen — semen; kāśyapamof Kaśyapa — of Kaśyapa; arpitamdeposited — deposited; diśaḥdirections — directions; timirayancausing complete darkness — causing complete darkness; sarvāḥall — all; vardhateoverloads — overloads; agniḥfire — fire; ivaas — as; edhasifuel — fuel.
As fuel overloads a fire, so the embryo created by the semen of Kaśyapa in the womb of Diti has caused complete darkness throughout the universe.
The darkness throughout the universe is explained herewith as being caused by the embryo created in the womb of Diti by the semen of Kaśyapa.