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Explanation of Devotional Service
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abdomen a lotus flower has grown, and within the stem of that lotus flower all the different planets exist. The material scientist explains that all these different planets are floating because of the law of gravity or some other law; but the actual lawmaker is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. When we speak of law, we must understand that there must be a lawmaker. The material scientists can discover laws of nature, but they are unable to recognize the lawmaker. From  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  and  Bhagavad-gītā  we can know who the lawmaker is: the lawmaker is the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
It is said here that the planets do not sink. Since they are floating under the order or energy of the Supreme Godhead, they do not fall down into the water which covers half the universe. All the planets are heavy, with their various mountains, seas, oceans, cities, palaces and buildings, and yet they are floating. It is understood from this passage that all the other planets that are floating in the air have oceans and mountains similar to those on this planet.
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नमो ददाति श्वसतां पदं यन्नियमाददः ।
लोकं स्वदेहं तनुते महान् सप्तमिराष्ट्रतम् ॥४३॥
nabho dadāti śvasatām padam yan-niyamād adaḥ lokam sva-deham tanute mahān saptabhir āvṛtam
nabhaḥ—the sky; dadāti—gives; śvasatām—to the living entities; padam—abode; yat—of whom (the Supreme Personality of Godhead); niyamāt—under the control; adaḥ—that; lokam—the universe; sva-deham—own body; tanute—expands; mahān—the mahat-tattva; saptabhiḥ—with the seven (layers); āvṛtam—covered.
TRANSLATION
Subject to the control of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the sky allows outer space to accommodate all the various planets, which hold innumerable living entities. The total universal body expands with its seven coverings under His supreme control.