Devanagari
अथोरुधासृजन्मायां योगमायेश्वरे हरौ ।
यां विलोक्य प्रजास्त्रस्ता मेनिरेऽस्योपसंयमम् ॥ १७ ॥
Verse text
athorudhāsṛjan māyāṁ
yoga-māyeśvare harau
yāṁ vilokya prajās trastā
menire ’syopasaṁyamam
Synonyms
atha
—
then
;
urudhā
—
in many ways
;
asṛjat
—
he cast
;
māyām
—
conjuring tricks
;
yoga
—
māyā — īśvare — the Lord of yoga-māyā
;
harau
—
at Hari
;
yām
—
which
;
vilokya
—
after seeing
;
prajāḥ
—
the people
;
trastāḥ
—
fearful
;
menire
—
thought
;
asya
—
of this universe
;
upasaṁyamam
—
the dissolution .
Translation
The demon, however, employed many conjuring tricks against the Personality of Godhead, who is the Lord of yoga-māyā. At the sight of this the people were filled with alarm and thought that the dissolution of the universe was near.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Then the demon employed many illusions against the Lord, master of all illusions, seeing which the terrified inhabitants of the planets thought that the universe was being destroyed.
Asṛjat means “he created.” They thought the universe (asya) was being destroyed (upasaṁyamam).
Purport
The fighting enjoyment of the Supreme Lord with His devotee, who had been converted into a demon, appeared severe enough to bring about the dissolution of the universe. This is the greatness of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; even the wavering of His little finger appears to be a great and very dangerous movement in the eyes of the inhabitants of the universe.