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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.20.37

ఇతి సాయన్తనీం సన్ధ్యామసురా: ప్రమదాయతీమ్ । ప్రలోభయన్తీం జగృహుర్మత్వా మూఢధియ: స్త్రియమ్ ॥ ౩౭ ॥
iti sāyantanīṁ sandhyām
[iti saayantaneem sandhyaam]
asurāḥ pramadāyatīm
[asuraah pramadaayateem]
pralobhayantīṁ jagṛhur
[pralobhayanteem jagrihur]
matvā mūḍha-dhiyaḥ striyam
[matvaa moodha-dhiyah striyam]
iti — in this way sāyantanīm — the evening sandhyām — twilight asurāḥ — the demons pramadāyatīm — behaving like a wanton woman pralobhayantīm — alluring jagṛhuḥ — seized matvā — thinking to be mūḍha-dhiyaḥ — unintelligent striyam — a woman.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
iti sāyantanīṁ sandhyām
iti
in this way
sāyantanīm
the evening
sandhyām
twilight
asurāḥ pramadāyatīm
asurāḥ
the demons
pramadāyatīm
behaving like a wanton woman
pralobhayantīṁ jagṛhur
pralobhayantīm
alluring
jagṛhuḥ
seized
matvā mūḍha-dhiyaḥ striyam
matvā
thinking to be
mūḍha-dhiyaḥ
unintelligent
striyam
a woman.
The asuras, clouded in their understanding, took the evening twilight to be a beautiful woman showing herself in her alluring form, and they seized her.

The asuras are described here as mūḍha-dhiyaḥ, meaning that they are captivated by ignorance, just like the ass. The demons were captivated by the false, glaring beauty of this material form, and thus they embraced her.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
In this way the foolish demons accepted the twilight which stimulates lust to a woman of lusty conduct. They imagined the twilight to be a woman of lusty conduct.
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