asnantyah -- taking meals; ekah -- some; tat -- that; apasya -- abandoning; sa-utsavah -- joyfully; abhyajyamanah -- being massaged; akrita -- not finishing; upamajjanah -- their bathing; svapantyah -- sleeping; utthaya -- getting up; nisamya -- having heard; nihsvanam -- the loud sounds; prapayayantyah -- giving milk; arbham -- to an infant; apohya -- put aside; matarah -- mothers.

Those who were taking their meals abandoned them, others went out without finishing their baths or massages, women who were sleeping at once rose when they heard the commotion, and mothers breast-feeding their infants simply put them aside.