298 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 12

celebrations simply for glorifying the Supreme Personality of Godhead;
margala-svandn—transcendental sounds auspicious for everyone;
Srutva—hearing such sounds; sva-dhamnah—from his abode; anti—
nearby; ajah—Lord Brahma; dgatah—coming there; acirat—very
soon; drstvad—seeing; mahi—the glorification; iSasya—of Lord Krsna;
Jagama vismayam—became astonished.

TRANSLATION

When Lord Brahma heard the wonderful ceremony going on
near his planet, accompanied by music and songs and sounds of
“Jaya! Jaya!’’ he immediately came down to see the function.
Upon seeing so much glorification of Lord Krsna, he was com-
pletely astonished.

PURPORT

Here the word anti means “near,” indicating that even in the higher
planetary systems near Brahmaloka, like Maharloka, Janaloka and
Tapoloka, the festival of glorification of Lord Krsna was going on.

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rdjann d@jagaram carma
Suskam vrndavane ’dbhutam

vrajaukasam bahu-titham
babhivakrida-gahvaram

rajan—O Maharaja Pariksit; djagaram carma—the dry body of
Aghasura, which remained only a big skin; suskam—when it completely
dried up; vrndévane adbhutam—like a wonderful museum piece in
Vrndavana; vraja-okasém—for the inhabitants of Vrajabhimi, Vrnda-
vana; bahu-titham—for many days, or for a long time; babhiiva—be-
came; dkrida—sporting place; gahvaram—a cave.

TRANSLATION

O King Pariksit, when the python-shaped body of Aghasura
dried up into merely a big skin, it became a wonderful place for
