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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
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विससर्जात्मनः कायं नाभिनन्दंस्तमोमयम् जगृहुर्यक्षरक्षांसि रात्रिं क्षुत्तृट्समुद्भवाम्
visasarjātmanaḥ kāyaṁ nābhinandaṁs tamomayam jagṛhur yakṣa-rakṣāṁsi rātriṁ kṣut-tṛṭ-samudbhavām
WORD BY WORD
visasarja threw off; ātmanaḥ his own; kāyam body; na not; abhinandan being pleased; tamaḥ-mayam made of ignorance; jagṛhuḥ took possession; yakṣa-rakṣāṁsi the Yakṣas and Rākṣasas; rātrim night; kṣut hunger; tṛṭ thirst; samudbhavām the source;
TRANSLATION
| 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.
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PURPORT
| This verse has not purport by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Svāmi Prabhupāda.
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