# 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.**