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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[ Canto 3, Ch. 15 ]
dayayā —mercy;  dṛṣṭyā —by your glance;  āpannān —us, the surrendered;  arhasi —are able;  īkṣitum —to see.
TRANSLATION
The demigods prayed to Brahmā: Please look upon us mercifully, for we have fallen into a miserable condition; because of the darkness, all our work has been suspended.
PURPORT
Because of complete darkness throughout the universe, the regular activities and engagements of all the different planets were suspended. As in the North and South Poles of this planet there are sometimes no divisions of day and night, similarly, when the sunlight does not approach the different planets within the universe, there is no distinction between day and night.
TEXT 10
एष देव दितेर्गर्भ ओजः काश्यपमर्पितम् । दिशस्तिमिरयन् सर्वा वर्धते ऽग्निरिवैधसि ॥१०॥
eṣa deva diter garbha ojaḥ kāśyapam arpitam diśas timirayan sarvā vardhate 'gnir ivaidhasi
eṣaḥ —this;  deva —O lord;  diteḥ —of Diti;  garbhaḥ —womb;  ojaḥ —semina;  kāśyapam —of Kaśyapa;  arpitam —deposited;  diśaḥ —directions;  timirayan —causing complete darkness;  sarvāḥ —all;  vardhate —overloads;  agniḥ —fire;  iva —as;  edhasi —fuel.
TRANSLATION
As fuel overloads a fire, so the embryo created by the semina of Kaśyapa in the womb of Diti has caused complete darkness throughout the universe.
PURPORT
The darkness throughout the universe is explained herewith as being caused by the embryo created in the womb of Diti by the semina of Kaśyapa.