Endued thus with the qualities of Ignorance and Darkness, the two Daityas possessed of might and armed with maces, immediately after their birth, began to rove within that huge primeval Lotus.
तावभ्यधावतां श्रेष्ठौ तमसा रजसान्वितौ। बलवन्तौ गदाहस्तौ पद्मनालानुसारिणौ॥