Chapter 20
जगृहुस्तद्विसृष्टां तां जृम्भणाख्यां तनुं प्रभो: । निद्रामिन्द्रियविक्लेदो यया भूतेषु दृश्यते । येनोच्छिष्टान्धर्षयन्ति तमुन्मादं प्रचक्षते ॥ ४१ ॥
Transliteration
jagṛhus tad-visṛṣṭāṁ tāṁ jṛmbhaṇākhyāṁ tanuṁ prabhoḥ nidrām indriya-vikledo yayā bhūteṣu dṛśyate yenocchiṣṭān dharṣayanti tam unmādaṁ pracakṣate
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
jagṛhuḥ — took possession; tat-visṛṣṭām — thrown off by him; tām — that; jṛmbhaṇa-ākhyām — known as yawning; tanum — the body; prabhoḥ — of Lord Brahmā; nidrām — sleep; indriya-vikledaḥ — drooling; yayā — by which; bhūteṣu — among the living beings; dṛśyate — is observed; yena — by which; ucchiṣṭān — smeared with stool and urine; dharṣayanti — bewilder; tam — that; unmādam — madness; pracakṣate — is spoken of.
Translation
“The ghosts and hobgoblins took possession of the body thrown off in the form of yawning by Brahmā, 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.”