ततोऽधस्ताद्रसातले दैतेया दानवा: पणयो नाम निवातकवचा: कालेया हिरण्यपुरवासिन इति विबुधप्रत्यनीका उत्पत्त्या महौजसो महासाहसिनो भगवत: सकललोकानुभावस्य हरेरेव तेजसा प्रतिहतबलावलेपा बिलेशया इव वसन्ति ये वै सरमयेन्द्रदूत्या वाग्भिर्मन्त्रवर्णाभिरिन्द्राद्बिभ्यति ॥ ३० ॥
tato ’dhastad rasatale daiteya danavah panayo nama nivata-kavacah kaleya hiranya-puravasina iti vibudha-pratyanika utpattya mahaujaso maha-sahasino bhagavatah sakala-lokanubhavasya harer eva tejasa pratihata-balavalepa bilesaya iva vasanti ye vai saramayendra-dutya vagbhir mantra-varnabhir indrad bibhyati.
- tatah adhastat
- below the planetary system Mahatala
- rasatale
- on the planet called Rasatala
- daiteyah
- the sons of Diti
- danavah
- the sons of Danu
- panayah nama
- named Panis
- nivata-kavacah
- Nivata-kavacas
- kaleyah
- Kaleyas
- hiranya-puravasinah
- Hiranya-puravasis
- iti
- thus
- vibudha-pratyanikah
- enemies of the demigods
- utpattyah
- from birth
- maha-ojasah
- very powerful
- maha-sahasinah
- very cruel
- bhagavatah
- of the Personality of Godhead
- sakala-loka-anubhavasya
- who is auspicious for all planetary systems
- hareh
- of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- eva
- certainly
- tejasa
- by the Sudarsana cakra
- pratihata
- defeated
- bala
- strength
- avalepah
- and pride (because of bodily strength)
- bila-isayah
- the snakes
- iva
- like
- vasanti
- they live
- ye
- who
- vai
- indeed
- saramaya
- by Sarama
- indra-dutya
- the messenger of Indra
- vagbhih
- by the words
- mantra-varnabhih
- in the form of a mantra
- indrat
- from King Indra
- bibhyati
- are afraid
Beneath Mahatala is the planeary system known as Rasatala, which is the abode of the demoniac sons of Diti and Danu. They are called Panis, Nivata-kavacas, Kaleyas and Hiranya-puravasis (those living in Hiranya-pura). They are all enemies of the demigods, and they reside in holes like snakes. From birth they are extremely powerful and cruel, and although they are proud of their strength, they are always defeated by the Sudarsana cakra of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who rules all the planeary systems. When a female messenger from Indra named Sarama chants a particular curse, the serpentine demons of Mahatala become very afraid of Indra.