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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.20.19
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 19
- visasarjātmanaḥ kāyaṁ
- nābhinandaṁs tamomayam
- jagṛhur yakṣa-rakṣāṁsi
- rātriṁ kṣut-tṛṭ-samudbhavām
visasarjathrew off — threw off; ātmanaḥhis own — his own; kāyambody — body; nanot — not; abhinandanbeing pleased — being pleased; tamaḥmade of ignorance-mayammade of ignorance — made of ignorance; jagṛhuḥtook possession — took possession; yakṣathe Yakṣas and Rākṣasas-rakṣāṁsithe Yakṣas and Rākṣasas — the Yakṣas and Rākṣasas; rātrimnight — night; kṣuthunger — hunger; tṛṭthirst — thirst; samudbhavāmthe source — the source.
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.