Text 19] Prthu Maharaja Milks the Earth Planet 719
siddhim nabhasi vidyam ca
ye ca vidyadharadayah

prakalpya—appointing; vatsam—calf; kapilam—the great sage Kapila;
siddhah—the inhabitants of Siddhaloka; satkalpand-mayim—proceeding
from will; siddhim—yogic perfection; nabhasi—in the sky; vidyam—knowl-
edge; ca—also; ye—those who; ca—also; vid yadhara-ddayah— the inhabitants
of Vidyadhara-loka, and so on.

TRANSLATION

After this, the inhabitants of Siddhaloka, as well as the inhabitants of
Vidyadhara-loka, transformed the great sage Kapila into a calf, and making
the whole sky into a pot, they milked out specific yogic mystic powers,
beginning with anima. Indeed, the inhabitants of Vidyadhara-loka acquired
the art of flying in the sky.

PURPORT

The inhabitants of both Siddhaloka and Vidyadhara-loka are naturally
endowed with mystic yogic powers by which they can not only fly in outer
space without a vehicle but can also fly from one planet to another simply
by exerting their will. Just as fish can swim within water, the residents of
Vidyadhara-loka can swim in the ocean of air. As far as the inhabitants of
Siddhaloka are concerned, they are endowed with all mystic powers. The
yogis in this planet practice the eightfold yogic mysticism—namely yama,
niyama, dsana, pranayama, pratyahara, dhadrana, dhyana and samadhi. By
regularly practicing the yogic processes one after another, the yogis attain
various perfections; they can become smaller than the smallest, heavier
than the heaviest, etc. They can even manufacture a planet, get whatever
they like, and control whatever man they want. All the residents of Siddha-
loka are naturally endowed with these mystic yogic powers. It is certainly
a very wonderful thing if we see a person on this planet flying in the sky
without a vehicle, but in Vidyadhara-loka such flying is as commonplace
as a bird’s flying in the sky. Similarly, in Siddhaloka all the inhabitants are
great yogis, perfect in mystic powers.

The name of Kapila Muni is significant in this verse because He was the
expounder of the Sankhya philosophical system, and His father, Kardama
Muni, was a great yogi and mystic. Indeed, Kardama Muni prepared a
great airplane, which was as large as a small town and had various gardens,
palatial buildings, servants, maidservants, etc. With all this paraphernalia,
