nīhāraṁ yad vidus tamaḥ

sah-he (Brahma); ittham-thus; grnatah-speaking; putran-sons; purah-before; drstva-seeing; praja-patin-all the progenitors of living entities; prajapati-patih-the father of all of them (Brahma); tanvam-body; tatyaja-quit; vriditah-ashamed; tada-at that time; tam-that body; disah-all directions; jagrhuh-accepted; ghoram-blamable; niharam-fog; yat-which; viduh-they know as; tamah-darkness.