जगृहुस्तद्विसृष्टां तां जृम्भणाख्यां तनुं प्रभो: । निद्रामिन्द्रियविक्लेदो यया भूतेषु दृश्यते । येनोच्छिष्टान्धर्षयन्ति तमुन्मादं प्रचक्षते ॥ ४१ ॥
jagrhus tad-visrstam tam jrmbhanakhyam tanum prabhoh nidram indriya-vikledo yaya bhutesu drsyate yenocchistan dharsayanti tam unmadam pracaksate
- jagrhuh
- took possession
- tat-visrstam
- thrown off by him
- tam
- that
- jrmbhana-akhyam
- known as yawning
- tanum
- the body
- prabhoh
- of Lord Brahma
- nidram
- sleep
- indriya-vikledah
- drooling
- yaya
- by which
- bhutesu
- among the living beings
- drsyate
- is observed
- yena
- by which
- ucchistan
- smeared with stool and urine
- dharsayanti
- bewilder
- tam
- that
- unmadam
- madness
- pracaksate
- is spoken of.
The ghosts and hobgoblins took possession of the body thrown off in the form of yawning by Brahma, the creator of the living entities. This is also known as the sleep which causes drooling. The hobgoblins and ghosts attack men who are impure, and their attack is spoken of as insanity.