528 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 12
tri-lokim deva-yanena
so ’tivrajya munin api
parastad yad dhruva-gatir
visnoh padam athabh yagat
tri-lokim—the three planetary systems; deva-yanena—by the transcenden-
tal airplane; sah—Dhruva; ativrajya—having surpassed; munin—great sages;
api—even; parastat—beyond; yat—which; dhruva-gatih—Dhruva, who at-
tained permanent life; visnoh—of Lord Visnu; padam—abode; atha—then;
abh yagat—achieved.
TRANSLATION
Dhruva Maharaja thus surpassed the seven planetary systems of the
great sages who are known as saptarsi. Beyond that region, he achieved
the transcendental situation of permanent life in the planet where Lord
Vignu lives.
PURPORT
The airplane was piloted by the two chief associates of Lord Visnu,
namely Sunanda and Nanda. Only such spiritual astronauts can pilot their
airplane beyond the seven planets and arrive in the region of eternal bliss-
ful life. It is confirmed in the Bhagavad-gita also (paras tasmat tu bhavo
nyah) that beyond this planetary system begins the spiritual sky, where
everything is permanent and blissful. The planets there are known as
Visnuloka or Vaikunthaloka. Only there can one get an eternal blissful life
of knowledge. Below Vaikunthaloka is the material universe, where Lord
Brahma and others in Brahmaloka can live until the annihilation of this
universe; but that life is not permanent. That is also confirmed in the
Bhagavad-gita (abrahma-bhuvanal lokah). Even if one goes to the topmost
planet, one cannot achieve eternal life. Only by arriving in Vaikunthaloka
can one live an eternally blissful life.
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