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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 7, Ch. 8]
PURPORT
That there were airplanes flying in the sky long, long ago can be understood from this verse.  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  was spoken five thousand years ago, and the statements of this verse prove that the symptoms of a very advanced civilization then existed, even in the upper planetary systems, as well as in the lower planetary systems. Modern scientists and philosophers foolishly explain that there was no civilization prior to three thousand years ago, but the statement of this verse nullifies such whimsical judgments. The Vedic civilization existed millions and millions of years ago. It existed since the creation of this universe, and it included arrangements all over the universe with all the modern amenities and even more.
TEXT 34
ततः समायामुपविष्टमुत्तमे नृपासने संभृततेजसं विभुम् । अलक्षितद्वैरथमत्यमर्षणं प्रचण्डवक्त्रं न बभाज कश्चन ॥३४॥
tataḥ sabhāyām upaviṣṭam uttame nṛpāsane saṁbhṛta-tejasaṁ vibhum alakṣita-dvairatham atyamarṣaṇaṁ pracaṇḍa-vaktraṁ na babhāja kaścana
tataḥ —thereafter;  sabhāyām —in the assembly house;  upaviṣṭam —seated;  uttame —on the best;  nṛpa-āsane —throne (upon which King Hiraṇyakaśipu used to sit);  saṁbhṛta-tejasam —in full effulgence;  vibhum —the Supreme Lord;  alakṣita-dvairatham —whose challenger or enemy was not seen;  ati —very much;  amarṣaṇam —fearsome (due to His anger);  pracaṇḍa —terrible;  vaktram —face;  na —not;  babhāja —worshiped;  kaścana —anyone.
TRANSLATION
Manifesting a full effulgence and a fearsome countenance, Lord Nṛsiṁha, being very angry and finding no contestant to face His power and opulence, then sat down in the assembly hall on the ex-