Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.3.3

jaṭā-dīdhitibhī reje

saḿvartārka ivāḿśubhiḥ

tasmiḿs tapas tapyamāne

devāḥ sthānāni bhejire

SYNONYMS

jaṭā-dīdhitibhiḥ — by the effulgence of the hair on his head; reje — was shining; saḿvarta-arkaḥ — the sun at the time of destruction; iva — like; aḿśubhiḥ — by the beams; tasmin — when he (Hiraṇyakaśipu); tapaḥ — austerities; tapyamāne — was engaged in; devāḥ — all the demigods who were wandering throughout the universe to see Hiraṇyakaśipu's demoniac activities; sthānāni — to their own places; bhejire — returned.

TRANSLATION

From the hair on Hiraṇyakaśipu's head there emanated an effulgent light as brilliant and intolerable as the rays of the sun at the time of dissolution. Seeing the performance of such austere penances, the demigods, who had been wandering throughout the planets, now returned to their respective homes.

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