प्रजापतिर्नाम तयोरकार्षीद् य: प्राक् स्वदेहाद्यमयोरजायत । तं वै हिरण्यकशिपुं विदु: प्रजा यं तं हिरण्याक्षमसूत साग्रत: ॥ १८ ॥
prajapatir nama tayor akarsid yah prak sva-dehad yamayor ajayata tam vai hiranyakasipum viduh praja yam tam hiranyaksam asuta sagratah
- prajapatih
- Kasyapa
- nama
- names
- tayoh
- of the two
- akarsit
- gave
- yah
- who
- prak
- first
- sva-dehat
- from his body
- yamayoh
- of the twins
- ajayata
- was delivered
- tam
- him
- vai
- indeed
- hiranyakasipum
- Hiranyakasipu
- viduh
- know
- prajah
- people
- yam
- whom
- tam
- him
- hiranyaksam
- Hiranyaksa
- asuta
- gave birth to
- sa
- she (Diti)
- agratah
- first.
Kasyapa, Prajapati, the creator of the living entities, gave his twin sons their names; the one who was born first he named Hiranyaksa, and the one who was first conceived by Diti he named Hiranyakasipu.