तदैव तस्मिन्निनदोऽतिभीषणो बभूव येनाण्डकटाहमस्फुटत् । यं वै स्वधिष्ण्योपगतं त्वजादय: श्रुत्वा स्वधामात्ययमङ्ग मेनिरे ॥ १५ ॥
tadaiva tasmin ninado ’tibhisano babhuva yenanda-kataham asphutat yam vai sva-dhisnyopagatam tv ajadayah srutva sva-dhamatyayam anga menire
- tada
- at that time
- eva
- just
- tasmin
- within (the pillar)
- ninadah
- a sound
- ati-bhisanah
- very fearful
- babhuva
- there was
- yena
- by which
- anda-kataham
- the covering of the universe
- asphutat
- appeared to crack
- yam
- which
- vai
- indeed
- sva-dhisnya-upagatam
- reaching their respective abodes
- tu
- but
- aja-adayah
- the demigods, headed by Lord Brahma
- srutva
- hearing
- sva-dhama-atyayam
- the destruction of their abodes
- anga
- my dear Yudhisthira
- menire
- thought
Then from within the pillar came a fearful sound, which appeared to crack the covering of the universe. O my dear Yudhisthira, this sound reached even the abodes of the demigods like Lord Brahma, and when the demigods heard it, they thought, Oh, now our planes are being destroyed