Texts 35-36] Lord Vignu’s Appearance in the Sacrificial Arena 813
devotional service; sabhajitah—being properly worshiped; yayuh—went;
sarve—all; vaikuntha—of the Supreme Personality of Godhead , Visnu;
anugatah—followers; tatah—from that place.
TRANSLATION

King Prthu worshiped the demigods, the great sages, the inhabitants of
Pitrloka, the inhabitants of Gandharvaloka, and those of Siddhaloka,
Caranaloka, Pannagaloka, Kinnaraloka, Apsaroloka, the earthly planets
and the planets of the birds. He also worshiped many other living entities
who presented themselves in the sacrificial arena. With folded hands he
worshiped all these, as well as the Supreme Personality of Godhead and
the personal associates of the Lord, by offering sweet words and as much
wealth as possible. After this function, they all went back to their respective
abodes, following in the footsteps of Lord Visnu.

PURPORT

In modern so-called scientific society the idea is very prevalent that
there is no life on other planets but that only on this earth do living entities
with intelligence and scientific knowledge exist. The Vedic literatures,
however, do not accept this foolish theory. The followers of Vedic wisdom
are fully aware of various planets inhabited by varieties of living entities
such as the demigods, the sages, the Pitas, the Gandharvas, the Pannagas,
the Kinnaras, the Caranas, the Siddhas and the Apsaras. The Vedas give
information that in all planets—not only within this material sky but also
in the spiritual sky—there are varieties of living entities. Although all these
living entities are of one spiritual nature, in quality the same as the Su-
preme Personality of Godhead, they have varieties of bodies due to the
embodiment of the spirit soul by the eight material elements, namely,
earth, water, fire, air, sky, mind, intelligence and false ego. In the spiritual
world, however, there is no such distinction between the body and the
embodied. In the material world, distinctive features are manifested in
different types of bodies in the various planets. We have full information
from the Vedic literature that in each and every planet, both material and
spiritual, there are living entities of varied intelligence. The earth is one of
the planets of the Bhirloka planetary system. There are six planetary
systems above Bhirloka and seven planetary systems below it. Therefore
the entire universe is known as caturdasa-bhuvana, indicating that it has
fourteen different planetary systems. Beyond the planetary systems in the
material sky, there is another sky, which is known as paravyoma, or the
