# SB 8.21.27
> हाहाकारो महानासीद्रोदस्योः सर्वतो दिशम
> निगृह्यमाणेऽसुरपतौ विष्णुना प्रभविष्णुना ॥२७॥
## Text
> hāhākāro mahān āsīd
> rodasyoḥ sarvato diśam
> nigṛhyamāṇe 'sura-patau
> viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā
## Synonyms
*hāhā-kāraḥ*—a tumultuous roar of lamentation; *mahān*—great; *āsīt*—there was; *rodasyoḥ*—in both the lower and upper planetary systems; *sarvataḥ*—everywhere; *diśam*—all directions; *nigṛhyamāṇe*—because of being suppressed; *asura-patau*—when Bali Mahārāja, the King of the demons; *viṣṇunā*—by Lord Viṣṇu; *prabhaviṣṇunā*—who is the most powerful everywhere.
## Translation
**When Bali Mahārāja was thus arrested by Lord Viṣṇu, who is the most powerful, there was a great roar of lamentation in all directions throughout the upper and lower planetary systems of the universe.**