दृष्ट्वान्यांश्च महोत्पातानतत्तत्त्वविद: प्रजा: । ब्रह्मपुत्रानृते भीता मेनिरे विश्वसम्प्लवम् ॥ १५ ॥
drstvanyams ca mahotpatan atat-tattva-vidah prajah brahma-putran rte bhita menire visva-samplavam
- drstva
- having seen
- anyan
- others
- ca
- and
- maha
- great
- utpatan
- evil omens
- a-tat-tattva-vidah
- not knowing the secret (of the portents)
- prajah
- people
- brahma-putran
- the sons of Brahma (the four Kumaras)
- rte
- except
- bhitah
- being fearful
- menire
- thought
- visva-samplavam
- the dissolution of the universe.
Marking these and many other omens of evil times, everyone but the four sage-sons of Brahma, who were aware of the fall of Jaya and Vijaya and of their birth as Diti’s sons, was seized with fear. They did not know the secrets of these portents and thought that the dissolution of the universe was at hand.