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The Śiśumāra Planetary System
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nityānāṁ cetanaś cetanānām ). All the demigods are engaged in the service of the Lord, and only by such an arrangement are the affairs of the universe going on.
Regarding the great eagles mentioned in this verse, it is understood that there are eagles so big that they can prey on big elephants. They fly so high that they can travel from one planet to another. They start flying in one planet and land in another, and while in flight they lay eggs that hatch into other birds while falling through the air. In Sanskrit such eagles are called  śyena . Under the present circumstances, of course, we cannot see such huge birds, but at least we know of eagles that can capture monkeys and then throw them down to kill and eat them. Similarly, it is understood that there are gigantic birds that can carry off elephants, kill them and eat them.
The two examples of the eagle and the cloud are sufficient to prove that flying and floating can be made possible through adjustments of the air. The planets, in a similar way, are floating because material nature adjusts the air according to the orders of the Supreme Lord. It could be said that these adjustments constitute the law of gravity, but in any case, one must accept that these laws are made by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The so-called scientists have no control over them. The scientists can falsely, improperly declare that there is no God, but this is not a fact.
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केचनैतज्ज्योतिरनीकं शिशुमारसंस्थानेन भगवतो वासुदेवस्य योगधारणायामनुवर्णयन्ति ॥ ४ ॥
kecanaitaj jyotir-anīkam śiśumāra-saṁsthānena bhagavato vāsudevasya yoga-dhāraṇāyām anuvarṇayanti.
kecana —some  yogīs  or learned scholars of astronomy;  etat —this;  jyotiḥ-anīkam —great wheel of planets and stars;  śiśumāra-saṁsthānena —imagine this wheel to be a  śiśumāra  (dolphin);  bhagavataḥ —of the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  vāsudevasya —Lord Vāsudeva (the son of Vasudeva),  Kṛṣṇa ;  yoga-dhāraṇāyām —in absorption in worship;  anuvarṇayanti —describe.