Devanagari
एवं विप्रकृते लोके दैत्येन्द्रानुचरैर्मुहु: ।
दिवं देवा: परित्यज्य भुवि चेरुरलक्षिता: ॥ १६ ॥
Verse text
evaṁ viprakṛte loke
daityendrānucarair muhuḥ
divaṁ devāḥ parityajya
bhuvi cerur alakṣitāḥ
Synonyms
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 yajṣa, 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.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
When all the people were disturbed repeatedly by the followers of Hiraṇyakaśipu, the devatās, not receiving the results of sacrifice, left the heavenly planets and, unobserved by the demons, began wandering the earth.
When the people were disturbed, the devatās left heaven because of not receiving their share of sacrifice.
Purport
As stated in
Bhagavad-gītā,
the performance of
yajṣa
brings reciprocal good fortune for both the human beings and the demigods. When the performances of
yajṣa
were stopped by the disturbances of the demons, the demigods were naturally bereft of the results of
yajṣa
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.