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  "name":"SB 3.20.19",
  "h1":"SB 3.20.19",
  "label":"Text 19",
  "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.20.19",
  "description":"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."

} —

SB 3.20.19

विससर्जात्मनः कायं नाभिनन्दंस्तमोमयम् ।
जगृहुर्यक्षरक्षांसि रात्रिं क्षुत्तृट्समुद्भवाम् ॥१९॥

Text

visasarjātmanaḥ kāyaṁ
nābhinandaṁs tamomayam
jagṛhur yakṣa-rakṣāṁsi
rātriṁ kṣut-tṛṭ-samudbhavām

Synonyms

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.