Text 7] The Activities of the Pracetas 1493
A king is always accompanied by his ministers, secretaries and command-
ers, and Lord Vignu is also accompanied by His followers, the demigods,
great sages, saintly persons, and so on. He is never alone. Consequently
there is no question of the Lord’s being impersonal. He is always Himself,
the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and His associates are also persons.
From the description given in this verse, Garuda appears to have belonged
to the Kinnara planet. The inhabitants of the Kinnara planet have the same
features as Garuda. Their bodily features are like those of a human being,
but they have wings. The word gita-kirtih indicates that the inhabitants of
Kinnaraloka are very expert in singing the glories of the Lord. In Brahma-
santhitd it is said: jagad-anda-koti-kotisv asesa-vasudhadi-vibhiti-bhinnam.
In each and every universe there are different types of planets, and each
planet has distinctive features. On the strength of this verse, we can under-
stand that in Kinnaraloka the inhabitants can fly with their wings. There is
also a planet, known as Siddhaloka, where the inhabitants can fly even
without wings. Thus each and every planet has some distinctive facility.
That is the beauty of the varied creation of the Supreme Personality of
Godhead.
TEXT 7
HATAMCTAAS ST AAA
Ta EA MTR TAATSATSSE |
HEAT: FOI AME YA ATA
THAR AIMARE! 1 9 1
pindyatdsta-bhuja-mandala-madh ya-laksm ya
spardhac-chriyd parivrto vana-mdlayadyah
barhismatah purusa aha sutan prapannan
parjanya-nada-rutaya saghrndavalokah
pina—stout; dyata—long; asta—eight; bhuja—arms; mandala—encircle-

ment; madhya—in the midst of; laksmya—with the goddess of fortune;
spardhat—contending; griya—whose beauty; parivrtah—encircled; vana-
malaya—by a flower garland; ddyah—the original Personality of Godhead;
barhismatah—of King Pracinabarhi; purusah—the Supreme Personality of
Godhead; adha—addressed; sutan—the sons; prapannadn—surrendered; par-
janya—like a cloud; ndda—whose sound; rutaya—by a voice; sa-ghrna—
with mercy ; avalokah—His glancing.
