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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 7, Ch. 2]
TEXT 16
एवं विप्रकृते लोके दैत्येन्द्रानुचरैर्मुहुः । दिवं देवाः परित्यज्य भुवि चेरुलक्षिताः ॥१६॥
evam viprakṛte loke daityendrānucarair muhuḥ divam devāḥ parityajya bhuvi cerur alakṣitāḥ
evam —thus;  viprakṛte —being disturbed;  loke —when all the people;  daitya-indra-anucaraiḥ —by the followers of Hiraṇyakaśipu, the King of the Daityas;  muhuḥ —again and again;  divam —the heavenly planets;  devāḥ —the demigods;  parityajya —giving up;  bhuvi —on the planet earth;  ceruḥ —wandered (to see the extent of the disturbances);  alakṣitāḥ —unseen by the demons.
TRANSLATION
Thus disturbed again and again by the unnatural occurrences caused by the followers of Hiraṇyakaśipu, all the people had to cease the activities of Vedic culture. Not receiving the results of  yajña , the demigods also became disturbed. They left their residential quarters in the heavenly planets and, unobserved by the demons, began wandering on the planet earth to see the disasters.
PURPORT
As stated in  Bhagavad-gūtā , the performance of  yajña  brings reciprocal good fortune for both the human beings and the demigods. When the performances of  yajña  were stopped by the disturbances of the demons, the demigods were naturally bereft of the results of  yajña  and hampered in executing their respective duties. Therefore they came down to the planet earth to see how people had become disturbed and to consider what to do.
TEXT 17
हिरण्यकशिपुर्भ्रातुः सम्परेतस्य दुःखितः । कृत्वा कटोदकादीनि भ्रातृपुत्रानसान्त्वयत् ॥१७॥