एष देव दितेर्गर्भ ओज: काश्यपमर्पितम् । दिशस्तिमिरयन् सर्वा वर्धतेऽग्निरिवैधसि ॥ १० ॥
esa deva diter garbha ojah kasyapam arpitam disas timirayan sarva vardhate ’gnir ivaidhasi
- esah
- this
- deva
- O lord
- diteh
- of Diti
- garbhah
- womb
- ojah
- semen
- kasyapam
- of Kasyapa
- arpitam
- deposited
- disah
- directions
- timirayan
- causing complete darkness
- sarvah
- all
- vardhate
- overloads
- agnih
- fire
- iva
- as
- edhasi
- fuel.
As fuel overloads a fire, so the embryo created by the semen of Kasyapa in the womb of Diti has caused complete darkness throughout the universe.