SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM - Prabhupada

78 Srimad-Bhagavatam (Canto 7, Ch. 2TEXT 16 R!IA itifi ir s:: •a: .. If : qq fem: II IIevam viprakrte lokedaityendranucarair muhub,divam devab, parityajyabhuvi cerur alak§itiib,evam-thus; viprakrte-being disturbed; loke-when all the people;daitya-indra-anucaraib,-by the followers of HiraQyakasipu, the Kingof the Daityas; muhub,-again and again; divam-the heavenly planets;devab,-the demigods; parityajya-giving up; bhuvi-on the planetearth; cerub,-wandered (to see the extent of the disturbances); alak­itiib,-unseen by the demons.TRANSLATIONThus disturbed again and again by the unnatural occurrencescaused by the followers of Hirm;tyaka8ipu, all the people had tocease the activities of Vedic culture. Not receiving the results ofyajiia, the demigods also became disturbed. They left their residentialquarters in the heavenly planets and, unobserved by thedemons, began wandering on the planet earth to see the disasters.PURPORTAs stated in Bhagavad-gitii, the performance of yajfia brings reciprocalgood fortune for both the human beings and the demigods. When theperformances of yajfia were stopped by the disturbances of the demons,the demigods were naturally bereft of the results of yajfia and hamperedin executing their respective duties. Therefore they came down to theplanet earth to see how people had become disturbed and to considerwhat to do.TEXT 17R('N44ir\J: :: I WG\4ilt:.1Pt Wilta:_ll "II