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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.20.21
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 21
- devas tān āha saṁvigno
- mā māṁ jakṣata rakṣata
- aho me yakṣa-rakṣāṁsi
- prajā yūyaṁ babhūvitha
devaḥLord Brahmā — Lord Brahmā; tānto them — to them; āhasaid — said; saṁvignaḥbeing anxious — being anxious; mādo not — do not; māmme — me; jakṣataeat — eat; rakṣataprotect — protect; ahooh — oh; memy — my; yakṣaO Yakṣas and Rākṣasas-rakṣāṁsiO Yakṣas and Rākṣasas — O Yakṣas and Rākṣasas; prajāḥsons — sons; yūyamyou — you; babhūvithawere born — were born.
Brahmā, the head of the demigods, full of anxiety, asked them, "Do not eat me, but protect me. You are born from me and have become my sons. Therefore you are Yakṣas and Rākṣasas."
The demons who were born from the body of Brahmā were called Yakṣas and Rākṣasas because some of them cried that Brahmā should be eaten and the others cried that he should not be protected. The ones who said that he should be eaten were called Yakṣas, and the ones who said that he should not be protected became Rākṣasas, man-eaters. The two, Yakṣas and Rākṣasas, are the original creation by Brahmā and are represented even until today in the uncivilized men who are scattered all over the universe. They are born of the mode of ignorance, and therefore, because of their behavior, they are called Rākṣasas, or man-eaters.