निशि पुनस्तमसा व्रजमन्दिरं व्रजितुमक्षम एव जनोत्करे । स्वपति तत्र भवच्चरणाश्रये दवकृशानुररुन्ध समन्तत: ॥८॥
निशि पुन:-तमसा(when) in the night, again because of darknessव्रज-मन्दिरंto the Vraja housesव्रजितुम्-अक्षमto go were unableएव जनोत्करेcertainly, the group of peopleस्वपति तत्र(they) were sleeping thereभवत्-चरण-आश्रयेin Thy feets' shelterदवकृशानु:-a forest fireअरुन्ध समन्तत:surrounded all around
In the darkness of the night the group of people were unable to go back to their houses in Vraja. So they were sleeping there on the banks in the shelter of Thy feet. Just then they were engulfed by a forest fire.