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The Activities of the Pracetās
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A king is always accompanied by his ministers, secretaries and commanders, and Lord Viṣṇu is also accompanied by His followers, the demigods, great sages, saintly persons, and so on. He is never alone. Consequently there is no question of the Lord's being impersonal. He is always Himself, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and His associates are also persons. From the description given in this verse, Garuḍa appears to have belonged to the Kinnara planet. The inhabitants of the Kinnara planet have the same features as Garuḍa. Their bodily features are like those of a human being, but they have wings. The word  gīta-kīrtiḥ  indicates that the inhabitants of Kinnaraloka are very expert in singing the glories of the Lord. In  Brahma-saṁhitā  it is said:  jagad-aṇḍa-koṭi-koṭiṣv aśeṣa-vasudhādi-vibhūti-bhinnam . In each and every universe there are different types of planets, and each planet has distinctive features. On the strength of this verse, we can understand that in Kinnaraloka the inhabitants can fly with their wings. There is also a planet, known as Siddhaloka, where the inhabitants can fly even without wings. Thus each and every planet has some distinctive facility. That is the beauty of the varied creation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
TEXT 7
पीनायताष्टमुजमण्डलमभ्यलक्ष्म्या
स्पर्धच्छ्रिया परिष्टुतो वनमालयाऽऽद्यः ।
बर्हिष्मतः पुरुष आह सुतान् प्रपञ्चान्
पर्जन्यनादरुतया सघृणावलोकः ॥ ७ ॥
pīnāyatāṣṭa-bhuja-maṇḍala-madhya-lakṣmyā spardhac-chriyā parivrto vana-mālayādyaḥ barhiṣmataḥ puruṣa āha sutān prapannān parjanya-nāda-rutayā saghṛṇāvalokaḥ
pīna—stout; āyata—long; aṣṭa—eight; bhuja—arms; maṇḍala—encirclement; madhya—in the midst of; lakṣmyā—with the goddess of fortune; spardhat—contending; śriyā—whose beauty; parivrtaḥ—encircled; vana-mālayā—by a flower garland; ādyaḥ—the original Personality of Godhead; barhiṣmataḥ—of King Prācīnabarhi; puruṣaḥ—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; āha—addressed; sutān—the sons; prapannān—surrendered; parjanya—like a cloud; nāda—whose sound; rutayā—by a voice; sa-ghṛṇa—with mercy; avalokaḥ—His glancing.