जटादीधितिभी रेजे संवर्तार्क इवांशुभि: । तस्मिंस्तपस्तप्यमाने देवा: स्थानानि भेजिरे ॥ ३ ॥
jata-didhitibhi reje samvartarka ivamsubhih tasmims tapas tapyamane devah sthanani bhejire
- jata-didhitibhih
- by the effulgence of the hair on his head
- reje
- was shining
- samvarta-arkah
- the sun at the time of destruction
- iva
- like
- amsubhih
- by the beams
- tasmin
- when he (Hiranyakasipu)
- tapah
- austerities
- tapyamane
- was engaged in
- devah
- all the demigods who were wandering throughout the universe to see Hiranyakasipu’s demoniac activities
- sthanani
- to their own places
- bhejire
- returned.
From the hair on Hiranyakasipu’s head there emanated an effulgent light as brilliant and intolerable as the rays of the sun at the time of dissolution. Seeing the performance of such austere penances, the demigods, who had been wandering throughout the planes, now returned to their respective homes.