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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.20.20
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 20
- kṣut-tṛḍbhyām upasṛṣṭās te
- taṁ jagdhum abhidudruvuḥ
- mā rakṣatainaṁ jakṣadhvam
- ity ūcuḥ kṣut-tṛḍ-arditāḥ
kṣutby hunger and thirst-tṛḍbhyāmby hunger and thirst — by hunger and thirst; upasṛṣṭāḥwere overcome — were overcome; tethe demons (Yakṣas and Rākṣasas) — the demons (Yakṣas and Rākṣasas); tamLord Brahmā — Lord Brahmā; jagdhumto eat — to eat; abhidudruvuḥran toward — ran toward; mādo not — do not; rakṣataspare — spare; enamhim — him; jakṣadhvameat — eat; itithus — thus; ūcuḥsaid — said; kṣutafflicted by hunger and thirst-tṛṭafflicted by hunger and thirst-arditāḥafflicted by hunger and thirst — afflicted by hunger and thirst.
Overpowered by hunger and thirst, they ran to devour Brahmā from all sides and cried, "Spare him not! Eat him up!"
The representatives of the Yakṣas and Rākṣasas still exist in some countries of the world. It is understood that such uncivilized men take pleasure in killing their own grandfathers and holding a "love feast" by roasting the bodies.