इति सायन्तनीं सन्ध्यामसुरा: प्रमदायतीम् । प्रलोभयन्तीं जगृहुर्मत्वा मूढधिय: स्त्रियम् ॥ ३७ ॥
iti sayantanim sandhyam asurah pramadayatim pralobhayantim jagrhur matva mudha-dhiyah striyam
- iti
- in this way
- sayantanim
- the evening
- sandhyam
- twilight
- asurah
- the demons
- pramadayatim
- behaving like a wanton woman
- pralobhayantim
- alluring
- jagrhuh
- seized
- matva
- thinking to be
- mudha-dhiyah
- unintelligent
- striyam
- a woman.
The asuras, clouded in their understanding, took the evening twilight to be a beautiful woman showing herself in her alluring form, and they seized her.