iti - thus; ardyamānā - tormented; saubhena - by the airplane Saubha; kṛṣṇasya - of Lord Kṛṣṇa; nagarī - the city; bhṛśam - terribly; na abhyapadyata - could not have; śam - peace; rājan - O King; tri-pureṇa - by the three aerial cities of the demons; yathā - as; mahī - the earth.

Thus terribly tormented by the airship Saubha, Lord Kṛṣṇa’s city had no peace, O King, just like the earth when it was attacked by the three aerial cities of the demons.