विससर्जात्मन: कायं नाभिनन्दंस्तमोमयम् । जगृहुर्यक्षरक्षांसि रात्रिं क्षुत्तृट्समुद्भवाम् ॥ १९ ॥
visasarjatmanah kayam nabhinandams tamomayam jagrhur yaksa-raksamsi ratrim ksut-trt-samudbhavam
- visasarja
- threw off
- atmanah
- his own
- kayam
- body
- na
- not
- abhinandan
- being pleased
- tamah-mayam
- made of ignorance
- jagrhuh
- took possession
- yaksa-raksamsi
- the Yaksas and Raksasas
- ratrim
- night
- ksut
- hunger
- trt
- thirst
- samudbhavam
- the source.
Out of disgust, Brahma threw off the body of ignorance, and taking this opportunity, Yaksas and Raksasas sprang for possession of the body, which continued to exist in the form of night. Night is the source of hunger and thirst.