एवं विप्रकृते लोके दैत्येन्द्रानुचरैर्मुहु: । दिवं देवा: परित्यज्य भुवि चेरुरलक्षिता: ॥ १६ ॥
evam viprakrte loke daityendranucarair muhuh divam devah parityajya bhuvi cerur alaksitah
- evam
- thus
- viprakrte
- being disturbed
- loke
- when all the people
- daitya-indra-anucaraih
- by the followers of Hiranyakasipu, the King of the Daityas
- muhuh
- again and again
- divam
- the heavenly planes
- devah
- the demigods
- parityajya
- giving up
- bhuvi
- on the planet earth
- ceruh
- wandered (to see the extent of the disturbances)
- alaksitah
- unseen by the demons.
Thus disturbed again and again by the unnatural occurrences caused by the followers of Hiranyakasipu, all the people had to cease the activities of Vedic culture. Not receiving the results of yajna, the demigods also became disturbed. They left their residential quarters in the heavenly planes and, unobserved by the demons, began wandering on the planet earth to see the disasters.