Text 21]
Conversation Between Maitreya and Vidura
773
which continued to exist in the form of night. Night is the source of hunger and thirst.
TEXT 20
क्षुत्तृङ्ग्यामुपसृष्टास्ते तं जग्धुमभिदुद्धुः । मा रक्षतैनं जक्षव्यमित्यूचुः क्षुत्तृङ्गदिताः ॥२०॥
kṣut-tṛḍbhyām upasṛṣṭās te tam jagdhum abhidudruvuḥ mā rakṣatainam jakṣadhvam ity ūcuḥ kṣut-tṛḍ-arditāḥ
kṣudh-tṛḍbhyām—by hunger and thirst; upasṛṣṭāḥ—were overcome; te—the demons (Yakṣas and Rākṣasas); tam—Lord Brahmā; jagdhum—to eat; abhidudruvuḥ—ran towards; mā—do not; rakṣata—spare; enam—him; jakṣadhvam—eat; iti—thus; ūcuḥ—said; kṣudh-tṛṣ-arditāḥ—afflicted by hunger and thirst.
TRANSLATION
Overpowered by hunger and thirst, they ran to devour Brahmā from all sides and cried, “Spare him not! Eat him up!”
PURPORT
The representatives of the Yakṣas and Rākṣasas still exist in some countries of the world. It is understood that such uncivilized men take pleasure in killing their own grandfathers and holding a “love feast” by roasting the bodies.
TEXT 21
देवस्तानाह संविग्नो मा मां जक्षत रक्षत । अहो मे यक्षरक्षांसि प्रजा यूयं वभूविथ ॥२१॥
devas tān āha saṁvigno mā mām jakṣata rakṣata aho me yakṣa-rakṣāṁsi prajā yūyaṁ babhūvitha
devaḥ—Lord Brahmā; tān—to them; āha—said; saṁvignaḥ—being anxious; mā—do not; mām—me; jakṣata—eat; rakṣata—protect; aho—oh; me—my;