देवस्तानाह संविग्नो मा मां जक्षत रक्षत । अहो मे यक्षरक्षांसि प्रजा यूयं बभूविथ ॥ २१ ॥
devas tan aha samvigno ma mam jaksata raksata aho me yaksa-raksamsi praja yuyam babhuvitha
- devah
- Lord Brahma
- tan
- to them
- aha
- said
- samvignah
- being anxious
- ma
- do not
- mam
- me
- jaksata
- eat
- raksata
- protect
- aho
- oh
- me
- my
- yaksa-raksamsi
- O Yaksas and Raksasas
- prajah
- sons
- yuyam
- you
- babhuvitha
- were born.
Brahma, the head of the demigods, full of anxiety, asked them, Do not eat me, but protect me. You are born from me and have become my sons. Therefore you are Yaksas and Raksasas