देवता: प्रभया या या दीव्यन् प्रमुखतोऽसृजत् । ते अहार्षुर्देवयन्तो विसृष्टां तां प्रभामह: ॥ २२ ॥
devatah prabhaya ya ya divyan pramukhato ’srjat te aharsur devayanto visrstam tam prabham ahah
- devatah
- the demigods
- prabhaya
- with the glory of light
- yah yah
- those who
- divyan
- shining
- pramukhatah
- chiefly
- asrjat
- created
- te
- they
- aharsuh
- took possession of
- devayantah
- being active
- visrstam
- separated
- tam
- that
- prabham
- effulgent form
- ahah
- daytime.
He then created the chief demigods, who were shining with the glory of goodness. He dropped before them the effulgent form of daytime, and the demigods sportingly took possession of it.