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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[ Canto 3, Ch. 24 ]
travel in outer space, we are hampered by so many impediments, but they are not. We learn from the pages of  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  that the inhabitants of the planet called Siddhaloka can travel in space from one planet to another without impediment. They showered flowers on the earth when Lord Kapila, the son of Kardama, appeared.
TEXT 9
तत्कर्दमाश्रमपदं सरस्वत्या परिश्रितम् । स्वयम्भूः साकमृषिमिर्मरीज्यादिमिरम्ययात् ॥ ९ ॥
tat kardamāśrama-padam sarasvatyā pariśritam svayambhūḥ sākam ṛṣibhir marīcy-ādibhir abhyayāt
tat —that;  kardama —of Kardama;  āśrama-padam —to the place of the hermitage;  sarasvatyā —by the River Sarasvatī;  pariśritam —surrounded;  svayambhūḥ —Brahmā (the self-born);  sākam —along with;  ṛṣibhiḥ —the sages;  marīci —the great sage Marīci;  ādibhiḥ —and others;  abhyayāt —he came there.
TRANSLATION
Brahmā, the first-born living being, went along with Marīci and other sages to the place of Kardama's hermitage, which was surrounded by the River Sarasvatī.
PURPORT
Brahmā is called Svayambhū because he is not born of any material father and mother. He is the first living creature and is born from the lotus which grows from the abdomen of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu. Therefore he is called Svayambhū, self-born.
TEXT 10
मगवन्तं परं ब्रह्म सर्वेनांशेन शत्रुहन् । तत्त्वसंख्यानविज्ञप्त्यै जातं विद्वानजः स्वराट् ॥ १० ॥
bhagavantam param brahma sattvenāmśena śatru-han