SB 3.20.22

Devanāgarī

देवता: प्रभया या या दीव्यन् प्रमुखतोऽसृजत् । ते अहार्षुर्देवयन्तो विसृष्टां तां प्रभामह: ॥ २२ ॥

Text

devatāḥ prabhayā yā yā dīvyan pramukhato ’sṛjat te ahārṣur devayanto visṛṣṭāṁ tāṁ prabhām ahaḥ

Synonyms

devatāḥ—the demigods;prabhayā—with the glory of light;yāḥyāḥ—those who;dīvyan—shining;pramukhataḥ—chiefly;asṛjat—created;te—they;ahārṣuḥ—took possession of;devayantaḥ—being active;visṛṣṭām—separated;tām—that;prabhām—effulgent form;ahaḥ—daytime.

Translation

He then created the chief demigods, who were shining with the glory of goodness. He dropped before them the effulgent form of daytime, and the demigods sportingly took possession of it.

Purport