तस्योग्रदण्डसंविग्ना: सर्वे लोका: सपालका: । अन्यत्रालब्धशरणा: शरणं ययुरच्युतम् ॥ २१ ॥
tasyogra-danda-samvignah sarve lokah sapalakah anyatralabdha-saranah saranam yayur acyutam
- tasya
- of him (Hiranyakasipu)
- ugra-danda
- by the very fearful chastisement
- samvignah
- disturbed
- sarve
- all
- lokah
- the planes
- sa-palakah
- with their principal rulers
- anyatra
- anywhere else
- alabdha
- not obtaining
- saranah
- shelter
- saranam
- for shelter
- yayuh
- approached
- acyutam
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Everyone, including the rulers of the various planes, was extremely distressed because of the severe punishment inflicted upon them by Hiranyakasipu. Fearful and disturbed, unable to find any other shelter, they at last surrendered to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Visnu.