Text 16] The Lord Slays the King of the Demons 135

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Fe VII AAT 4

tadaiva tasmin ninado ’tibhisano
babhiva yendnda-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; babhiiva—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; ariga—my dear Yudhisthira;
menire —thought.

TRANSLATION

Then from within the pillar came a fearful sound, which ap-
peared 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 planets are being destroyed!”

PURPORT

As we sometimes become very much afraid at the sound of a thunder-
bolt, perhaps thinking that our houses will be destroyed, the great
demigods like Lord Brahma feared the thundering sound that came from
the pillar in front of Hiranyakasipu.

TEXT 16

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