Some beings, living in this nether world, the Patalam, pierced by the rays of the sun, are dead in the day time, O Suta and are revived again at night.
अत्र सूर्यांशुभिर्भिन्नाः पातालतलमाश्रिताः। मृता हि दिवसे सूत पुनर्जीवन्ति वै निशि॥