Text 13] Devahati’s Lamentation 915
matitreya uvaca
priyayah priyam anvicchan
kardamo yogam asthitah
vimana kamagam ksattas
tarhy evaviracikarat
maitreyah—the great sage Maitreya; uvdca—said; priyayah—of his be-
loved wife; priyam—the pleasure; anvicchan—seeking; kardamah—the sage
Kardama; yogam—yogic power; dsthitah—exercised; vimdnam—an airplane;
kama-gam—moving at will; ksattah—O Vidura; tarhi—instantly; eva—
quite; dviractkarat—he produced.
TRANSLATION
Maitreya continued: O Vidura, seeking to please his beloved wife, the
sage Kardama exercised his yogic power and instantly produced an aerial
mansion that could travel at his will.
PURPORT
Here the words yogam dsthitah are significant. The sage Kardama was
completely perfect in yoga. As the result of real yoga practice there are
eight kinds of perfection: the yogi can become smaller than the smallest,
greater than the greatest, or lighter than the lightest, he can achieve
anything he likes, he can create even a planet, he can establish influence
over anyone, etc. In this way yogic perfection is achieved, and after this
one can achieve the perfection of spiritual life. Thus it was not very
wonderful for Kardama Muni to create a mansion in the air, according to
his own desire, to fulfill the desire of his beloved wife. He at once created
the palace, which is described in the following verses.
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sarva-kama-dugham divyam
sarva-ratna-samanvitam
sarvarddh y-upacay odarkarin
mani-stambhair upaskrtam
