tadaiva tasmin ninado 'tibhisano
babhuva yenanda-kataham asphutat
yam vai sva-dhisnyopagatam tv ajadayah
srutva sva-dhamatyayam aṅga menire
tada-at that time; eva-just; tasmin-within (the pillar); ninadah-a sound; ati-bhisanah-very fearful; babhuva-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; aṅga-my dear Yudhisthira; menire-thought.