Text 39] The Battle Between the Demigods and Demons 49
not the moon, is the planet nearest the earth. We have already discussed this point in many places. The sun is first, then the moon, then Mars, Jupiter and so on. The sun is supposed to be 93,000,000 miles above the surface of the earth, and from the  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  we understand that the moon is 1,600,000 miles above the sun. Therefore the distance between the earth and the moon would be about 95,000,000 miles. So if a space capsule were traveling at the speed of 18,000 miles per hour, how could it reach the moon in four days? At that speed, going to the moon would take at least seven months. That a space capsule on a moon excursion has reached the moon in four days is therefore impossible.
TEXT 39
शिरोमिरुद्धतकिरीटकुण्डलैः
संरम्भद्दग्भिः परिदष्टदन्छदैः ।
महाभ्रजैः सामरणैः सहायुधैः
सा प्रास्तृता भूः करभोरुभिर्बभौ ॥३९॥
śirobhir uddhūta-kirīṭa-kuṇḍalaiḥ saṁrambha-dṛgbhiḥ paridaṣṭa-dacchadaiḥ mahā-bhujaiḥ sābharaṇaiḥ sahāyudhaiḥ sā prāstṛtā bhūḥ karabhorubhir babhau
śirobhiḥ —by the heads;  uddhūta —separated, scattered from;  kirīṭa —having their helmets;  kuṇḍalaiḥ —and earrings;  saṁrambha-dṛgbhiḥ —eyes staring in anger (although the heads were severed from their bodies);  paridaṣṭa —having been bitten by the teeth;  dacchadaiḥ —the lips;  mahā-bhujaiḥ —with big arms;  sa-ābharaṇaiḥ —decorated with ornaments;  saha-āyudhaiḥ —and with weapons in their hands, although the hands were severed;  sā —that battlefield;  prāstṛtā —scattered;  bhūḥ —the warfield;  karabha-ūrubhiḥ —and with thighs and legs resembling the trunks of elephants;  babhau —it so became.
TRANSLATION
In the course of the battle, the warfield became strewn with the severed heads of heroes, their eyes still staring and their teeth still