### SB 2.2.22

> यदि प्रयास्यन्नृप पारमेष्ठ्यं वैहायसानामुत यद्विहारम् ।\
> अष्टाधिपत्यं गुणसन्निवाये सहैव गच्छेन्मनसेन्द्रियैश्च ॥२२॥

> yadi prayāsyan nṛpa pārameṣṭhyaṁ\
> vaihāyasānām uta yad vihāram\
> aṣṭādhipatyaṁ guṇa-sannivāye\
> sahaiva gacchen manasendriyaiś ca

*yadi*—however; *prayāsyan*—maintaining a desire; *nṛpa*—O King; *pārameṣṭhyam*—the governing planet of the material world; *vaihāyasānām*—of the beings known as the Vaihāyasas; *uta*—it is said; *yat*—what is; *vihāram*—place of enjoyment; *aṣṭa-ādhipatyam*—lording over with eightfold achievements; *guṇa-sannivāye*—in the world of three modes of nature; *saha*—along with; *eva*—certainly; *gacchet*—should go; *manasā*—accompanied by mind; *indriyaiḥ*—and the senses; *ca*—also.

**O King, if however, a yogi maintains a desire for improved material enjoyments, like transference to the topmost planet of Brahmaloka, or the achievement of the eightfold perfections and traveling in outer space along with the Vaihāyasas, or a situation in one of the millions of planets, then he has to take away with him the mind and the senses materially moulded.**

In the upper status of the planetary systems there are thousands and thousands of times greater facilities for material enjoyments than in the lower planetary systems. The topmost planetary systems are comprised of planets like Brahmaloka, Dhruvaloka (the pole star), etc., and all of them are situated beyond the Maharloka. The inhabitants of those planets are empowered with eightfold achievements of mystic perfections. They do not have to learn and practice the mystic processes of yoga perfection and achieve the power of becoming small, particle-like (aṇima-siddhi), or lighter than a soft feather (laghima-siddhi). They do not have to get anything and everything from anywhere and everywhere (prāpti-siddhi), to become heavier than the heaviest (mahima-siddhi), to act freely even to create something wonderful or to annihilate anything at will (īśitā-siddhi), to control over all material elements (vaśitā-siddhi), to possess such power as will never bring about frustration in any desire (prākāmya-siddhi), or to assume any shape or form as one may desire even whimsically (kāmāvasāyitā-siddhi). All these expediencies are as common as natural gifts for the inhabitants of those higher planets. They do not require any mechanical help to travel in outer space, and they can move and travel at will from one planet to any other planet within no time. The inhabitants of the earth cannot move even to the nearest planet except by mechanical vehicles like spacecraft, but the highly talented inhabitants of such higher planets can do everything very easily.

Since a materialist is generally inquisitive to experience what is actually in such planetary systems, he wants to see everything personally. As inquisitive persons tour all over the world to gain direct local experience, similarly the less intelligent transcendentalist also desires to have some experience of those planets about which he has heard so many wonderful things. The yogi can, however, easily fulfill his desire by going there with the present materialistic mind and senses. The prime factor of the materialistic mind is to lord it over the material world, and all the siddhis mentioned above are features of domination over the world. The devotees of the Lord are not ambitious to dominate a false and temporary phenomenon. On the other hand, a devotee wants to be dominated by the supreme predominator, the Lord. A desire to serve the Lord, the supreme predominator, is spiritual or transcendental, and one has to attain this purification of the mind and the senses to get an admission into the spiritual kingdom. With the materialistic mind one can reach the best planet in the universe, but no one can enter into the kingdom of God. Senses are called spiritually purified when they are not involved in sense gratification. Senses require engagements, and when the senses are engaged totally in the transcendental loving service of the Lord, they have no chance to become contaminated by material infections.