Text 23] Krsna Is the Source of All Incarnations 159
PURPORT

The Personality of Godhead Sri Rima assumed the form of a human
being and appeared on the earth for the purpose of doing some pleasing
work for the demigods or the administrative personalities to maintain the
order of the universe. Sometimes great demons and atheists like Ravana
and Hiranyakasipu and many others become very famous due to advancing
material civilization by the help of material science and other activities
with a spirit of challenging the established order of the Lord. For example.
the attempt to fly to other planets by material means is a challenge to the
established order. The conditions of each and every planet are different.
and different classes of human beings are accomodated there for particular
purposes mentioned in the codes of the Lord. But, puffed up by tiny
success in material advancement, sometimes the godless materialist chal-
lenges the existence of God. Ravana was one of them, and he wanted to
deport ordinary men to the planets of Indra (heaven) by material means
without consideration of the necessary qualifications. He wanted a stair-
case to be built up directly reaching the heavenly planet so that people
might not be required to undergo the routine of pious work necessary to
enter that planet. He also wanted to perform other acts against the
established rule of the Lord. He even challenged the authority of Sri Rama
the Personality of Godhead and kidnapped His wife Sita. Of course Lord
Rama came to chastise this atheist, answering the prayer and desire of the
demigods. He therefore took up the challenge of Ravana, and the complete
activity is the subject matter of the Ramayana. Because Lord Ramacandra
was the Personality of Godhead, He exhibited superhuman activities which
no human being, including the materially advanced Ravana, could perform.
Lord Ramacandra prepared a royal road on the Indian Ocean with stones
that floated on the water. The modern scientists have done research in the
area of weightlessness, but it is not possible to bring in weightlessness any-
where and everywhere. But because weightlessness is the creation of ihe
Lord by which He can make the gigantic planets fly and float in the air, He
made the stones even within this earth to be weightless and prepared a
stone bridge on the sea without any supporting pillar. That is the display
of the power of God.

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