samstunvatah -- who were offering prayers; nipatitan -- fallen (into the water in a cow's hoofprint); sramanan -- the ascetics; rishin -- sages (the Valakhilyas); ca -- and; sakram -- Indra; ca -- and; vritra-vadhatah -- from killing Vritrasura; tamasi -- in darkness; pravishtam -- absorbed; deva-striyah -- the wives of the demigods; asura-grihe -- in the palace of the demons; pihitah -- imprisoned; anathah -- helpless; jaghne -- He killed; asura-indram -- the king of the demons, Hiranyakasipu; abhayaya -- for the sake of giving fearlessness; satam -- to the saintly devotees; nrisimhe -- in the incarnation of Nrisimha.

The Lord also delivered the tiny ascetic sages called the Valakhilyas when they fell into the water in a cow's hoofprint and Indra was laughing at them. The Lord then saved Indra when Indra was covered by darkness due to the sinful reaction for killing Vritrasura. When the wives of the demigods were trapped in the palace of the demons without any shelter, the Lord saved them. In His incarnation as Nrisimha, the Lord killed Hiranyakasipu, the king of demons, to free the saintly devotees from fear.