Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 5 Chapter 24 Verse 4

Canto 5: The Creative Impetus | Chapter 24: The Subterranean Heavenly Planets

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.24.4

tato 'dhastāt siddha-cāraṇa-vidyādharāṇāḿ sadanāni tāvan mātra eva

SYNONYMS

tataḥ — the planet Rāhu; adhastāt — below; siddha-cāraṇa — of the planets known as Siddhaloka and Cāraṇaloka; vidyādharāṇām — and the planets of the Vidyādharas; sadanāni — the residential places; tāvat mātra — only that much distance (eighty thousand miles); eva — indeed.

TRANSLATION

Below Rāhu by 10,000 yojanas [80,000 miles] are the planets known as Siddhaloka, Cāraṇaloka and Vidyādhara-loka.

PURPORT

It is said that the residents of Siddhaloka, being naturally endowed with the powers of yogīs, can go from one planet to another by their natural mystic powers without using airplanes or similar machines.

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