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एवं विप्रकृते लोके दैत्येन्द्रानुचरैर्मुहुः ।
दिवं देवाः परित्यज्य भुवि चेरुरलक्षिताः ॥ १६ ॥
 
evam viprakrte loke
daityendranucarair muhuh
divam 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); alaksitah-unseen by the demons.