78 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 2

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evam viprakrte loke
daityendranucarair muhuh

divamn 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 planets;
devah—the demigods; parityajya—giving up; bhuvi—on the planet
earth; ceruh—wandered (to see the extent of the disturbances); alak-
sitah—unseen by the demons.

TRANSLATION

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
yajiia, the demigods also became disturbed. They left their resi-
dential 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-gita, the performance of yajfia brings recipro-

cal good fortune for both the human beings and the demigods. When the
performances of yajria were stopped by the disturbances of the demons,
the demigods were naturally bereft of the results of yajria 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.

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