visasarjatmanah kayam

 nabhinandams tamomayam

jagrhur yaksa-raksamsi

 ratrim ksut-trt-samudbhavam

 

Translation by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada: 

 

Out of disgust, Brahma threw off the body of ignorance, and taking this opportunity, Yaksas and Raksasas sprang for possession of the body, which continued to exist in the form of night. Night is the source of hunger and thirst.