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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 24]
so easily. Like the attack of Rāhu, such attempts will certainly be failures.
TEXT 4
ततोऽधस्तात्सिद्धचारणविद्याधराणां सदनानि तावन्मात्र एव ॥ ४ ॥
tato 'dhastāt siddha-cāraṇa-vidyādharāṇām sadanāni tāvan mātra eva.
tataḥ —the planet Rāhu;  adhastāt —below;  siddha-cāraṇa —of the planets known as Siddhaloka and Cāraṇaloka;  vidyādharāṇām —and the planets of the Vidyādharas;  sadanāni —the residential places;  tāvat mātra —only that much distance (eighty thousand miles);  eva —indeed.
TRANSLATION
Below Rāhu by 10,000 yojanas [80,000 miles] are the planets known as Siddhaloka, Cāraṇaloka and Vidyādhara-loka.
PURPORT
It is said that the residents of Siddhaloka, being naturally endowed with the powers of  yogīs , can go from one planet to another by their natural mystic powers without using airplanes or similar machines.
TEXT 5
ततोऽधस्ताद्यक्षरक्षः पिशाचप्रेतभूतगणानां विहाराजिरमन्तरिक्षं यावद्वायुः प्रवाति यावन्मेघा उपलभ्यन्ते ॥ ५ ॥
tato 'dhastād yakṣa-rakṣaḥ-piśāca-preta-bhūta-gaṇānām vihārājiram antarikṣam yāvad vāyuḥ pravāti yāvan meghā upalabhyante.
tataḥ adhastāt —beneath the planets occupied by the Siddhas, Cāraṇas and Vidyādharas;  yakṣa-rakṣaḥ-piśāca-preta-bhūta-gaṇānām —of Yakṣas, Rākṣasas, Piśācas, ghosts and so on;  vihāra-ajiram —the place of sense gratification;  antarikṣam —in the sky or outer space;  yāvat —as far