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Hiraṇyakaśipu Terrorizes the Universe
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by the words of scientists who say that all other planets are vacant and that only the earth is full of living entities.
TEXT 8
देवोद्यानाश्रिया जुष्टमध्यास्ते स त्रिपिष्टपम् । 
  महेन्द्रभवनं साक्षान्निर्मितं विश्वकर्मणा । 
  त्रैत्येवत्स्यायत्तवपञ्चवायास्तितद्विपत् ॥८॥
devodyāna-śriyā juṣṭam 
  adhyāste sma tri-piṣṭapam 
  mahendra-bhavanam sākṣān 
  nirmitam viśvakarmaṇā 
  trailokya-lakṣmy-āyatanam 
  adhyuvāsākhilarddhimat
deva-udyāna —of the famous garden of the demigods;  śriyā —by the opulences;  juṣṭam —enriched;  adhyāste sma —remained in;  tri-piṣṭapam —the higher planetary system, where various demigods live;  mahendra-bhavanam —the palace of Indra, the King of heaven;  sākṣān —directly;  nirmitam —constructed;  viśvakarmaṇā —by the famous architect of the demigods,  Viśvakarmā ;  trailokya —of all the three worlds;  lakṣmī-āyatanam —the residence of the goddess of fortune;  adhyuvāsa —lived in;  akhila-ṛddhi-mat —possessing the opulence of the entire universe.
TRANSLATION
Hiraṇyakaśipu, who possessed all opulence, began residing in heaven, with its famous Nandana garden, which is enjoyed by the demigods. In fact, he resided in the most opulent palace of Indra, the King of heaven. The palace had been directly constructed by the demigod architect  Viśvakarmā  and was as beautifully made as if the goddess of fortune of the entire universe resided there.
PURPORT
From this description it appears that all the heavenly planets of the upper planetary system are thousands upon thousands of times more