288 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 1, Ch. 6

TEXT 11

waa | TAR |
Weazaea | aaTTIAATA NA

sphitanjanapadams tatra
pura-grama-vrajakaran

khetal:harvatavatis ca
vanadnyupavanani ca

sphitan—very flourishing; jana-padan—metropolises; tatra—there; pura—
towns; grama—villages; vraja—big farms; akaran—mineral fields (mines);
kheta—agricultural lands; kharvata—valleys; vatih—flower gardens; ca—and;
vanani—forests; upavanani—nursery gardens; ca—and.

TRANSLATION

After my departure, I passed through many flourishing metropolises,
towns, villages, animal farms, mines, agricultural lands, valleys, flower
gardens, nursery gardens and natural forests.

PURPORT

Man’s activities in the fields of agriculture, mining, farming, industries,
gardening, etc., were all on the same scale as they are now, even previous to
the present creation, and the same activities will remain as they are,even in
the next creation. After many hundreds of millions of years, one creation
is started by the law of nature, and the history of the universe repeats
itself practically in the same way. The mundane wranglers waste time with
archeological excavations without searching into the vital necessities of
life. Sri Narada Muni, even though he was a mere child, after getting an
impetus in spiritual life, did not waste time for a single moment with
economic development, although he passed towns and villages, mines and
industries. He continually went on to progressive spiritual emancipation.
Srimad-Bhagavatam is the repetition of a history which happened some
hundreds of millions of years before. As it is said herein, only the most
important factors of history are picked up to be recorded in this tran-
scendental literature.
