480 Srimad Bhagavatam [Canto 2, Ch. 9

their celestial complexions, and all these combined together appear just
like the sky decorated with both clouds and lightning.

PURPORT

It appears that in the Vaikuntha planets there are airplanes also bril-
liantly glowing, and they are occupied by the great devotees of the
Lord with ladies of celestial beauty as brilliant as lightning. As there are
airplanes, so there must be different types of carriages also like the air-
planes, but they may not be driven machines, as we have experience in
this world. Because everything is of the same nature of eternity, bliss and
knowledge, the airplanes and carriages are of the same quality as Brahman.
As there is nothing except Brahman, so it should not be misconceived that
there is only void and no variegatedness. To think like that is due to a
poor fund of knowledge, otherwise no one would have such a misconcep-
tion of voidness in the Brahman. As there are airplanes, ladies, and gentle-
men, so there must be cities and houses and everything else just suitable
to the particular planets. One should not carry the ideas of imperfection
from this world to the transcendental world without taking into considera-
tion the nature of the atmosphere, as completely free from the influence
of time, ete., as described previously.

TEXT 14

aa | Steger:
afta ar veer Prafati: |
vg frat am Fe -
firftaara fread aaa U2

Srir yatra ripiny urugaya-padayoh
karoti manam bahudhd vibhitibhih

prenkham srita ya kusumakaranugair
vigiyamana _priya-karma gayati

srin—the goddess of fortune; yatra—in the Vaikuntha planets; ripini—in
her transcendental form; urugéya—the Lord, who is sung of by the great
devotees; padayoh—under the lotus feet of the Lord; karoti—does; manam
