Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.8.15

tadaiva tasmin ninado 'tibhīshano

babhūva yenānda-katāham asphutat

yam vai sva-dhishnyopagatam tv ajādayah

śrutvā sva-dhāmātyayam ańga menire

SYNONYMS

tadā — at that time; eva — just; tasmin — within (the pillar); ninadah — a sound; ati-bhīshanah — very fearful; babhūva — there was; yena — by which; anda-katāham — the covering of the universe; asphutat — appeared to crack; yam — which; vai — indeed; sva-dhishnya-upagatam — reaching their respective abodes; tu — but; aja-ādayah — the demigods, headed by Lord Brahmā; śrutvā — hearing; sva-dhāma-atyayam — the destruction of their abodes; ańga — my dear Yudhishthira; menire — thought.

TRANSLATION

Then from within the pillar came a fearful sound, which appeared to crack the covering of the universe. O my dear Yudhishthira, this sound reached even the abodes of the demigods like Lord Brahmā, and when the demigods heard it, they thought, "Oh, now our planets are being destroyed!"

PURPORT

As we sometimes become very much afraid at the sound of a thunderbolt, perhaps thinking that our houses will be destroyed, the great demigods like Lord Brahmā feared the thundering sound that came from the pillar in front of Hiranyakaśipu.

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