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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.20.41
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 41
- jagṛhus tad-visṛṣṭāṁ tāṁ
- jṛmbhaṇākhyāṁ tanuṁ prabhoḥ
- nidrām indriya-vikledo
- yayā bhūteṣu dṛśyate
- yenocchiṣṭān dharṣayanti
- tam unmādaṁ pracakṣate
jagṛhuḥtook possession — took possession; tatthrown off by him-visṛṣṭāmthrown off by him — thrown off by him; tāmthat — that; jṛmbhaṇaknown as yawning-ākhyāmknown as yawning — known as yawning; tanumthe body — the body; prabhoḥof Lord Brahmā — of Lord Brahmā; nidrāmsleep — sleep; indriyadrooling-vikledaḥdrooling — drooling; yayāby which — by which; bhūteṣuamong the living beings — among the living beings; dṛśyateis observed — is observed; yenaby which — by which; ucchiṣṭānsmeared with stool and urine — smeared with stool and urine; dharṣayantibewilder — bewilder; tamthat — that; unmādammadness — madness; pracakṣateis spoken of — is spoken of.
The ghosts and hobgoblins took possession of the body thrown off in the form of yawning by Brahmā, the creator of the living entities. This is also known as the sleep which causes drooling. The hobgoblins and ghosts attack men who are impure, and their attack is spoken of as insanity.
The disease of insanity or being haunted by ghosts takes place in an unclean state of existence. Here it is clearly stated that when a man is fast asleep and saliva flows from his mouth and he remains unclean, ghosts then take advantage of his unclean state and haunt his body. In other words, those who drool while sleeping are considered unclean and are subject to be haunted by ghosts or to, go insane.