prāk-uttarasyām - toward the northeast; śākhāyām - upon a branch; tasya - of that tree; api - indeed; dadṛśe - he saw; śiśum - an infant boy; śayānam - lying; parṇa-puṭake - within the concavity of a leaf; grasantam - swallowing; prabhayā - with His effulgence; tamaḥ - the darkness.

Upon a branch of the northeast portion of that tree he saw an infant boy lying within a leaf. The child’s effulgence was swallowing up the darkness.