हैहयो नहुषो वेणो रावणो नरकोऽपरे । श्रीमदाद् भ्रंशिता: स्थानाद् देवदैत्यनरेश्वरा: ॥ २० ॥
haihayo nahuṣo veṇo rāvaṇo narako ’pare śrī-madād bhraṁśitāḥ sthānād deva-daitya-nareśvarāḥ
- haihayaḥ nahuṣaḥ veṇaḥ
- Haihaya (Kārtavīrya), Nahuṣa and Veṇa
- rāvaṇaḥ narakaḥ
- Rāvaṇa and Naraka
- apare
- others also
- śrī
- due to opulence
- madāt
- because of their intoxication
- bhraṁśitāḥ
- made to fall
- sthānāt
- from their positions
- deva
- of demigods
- daitya
- demons
- nara
- and men
- īśvarāḥ
- rulers
Haihaya, Nahuṣa, Veṇa, Rāvaṇa, Naraka and many other rulers of demigods, men and demons fell from their elevated positions because of infatuation with material opulence.