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nityanarn cetanas cetanadndm). All the demigods are engaged in the ser-
vice of the Lord, and only by such an arrangement are the affairs of the
universe going on.

Regarding the great eagles mentioned in this verse, it is understood
that there are eagles so big that they can prey on big elephants. They fly
so high that they can travel from one planet to another. They start flying
in one planet and land in another, and while in flight they lay eggs that
hatch into other birds while falling through the air. In Sanskrit such
eagles are called syena. Under the present circumstances, of course, we
cannot see such huge birds, but at least we know of eagles that can cap-
ture monkeys and then throw them down to kill and eat them. Similarly,
it is understood that there are gigantic birds that can carry off elephants,
kill them and eat them.

The two examples of the eagle and the cloud are sufficient to prove
that flying and floating can be made possible through adjustments of the
air. The planets, in a similar way, are floating because material nature
adjusts the air according to the orders of the Supreme Lord. It could be
said that these adjustments constitute the law of gravity, but in any case,
one must accept that these laws are made by the Supreme Personality of
Godhead. The so-called scientists have no control over them. The scien-
tists can falsely, improperly declare that there is no God, but this is not a
fact.

TEXT 4

aaasnas «aad aad Taare
ATTRA AT AT UY UN

kecanaitaj jyotir-anikam sisumara-sarnsthanena bhagavato
vasudevasya yoga-dharanayam anuvarnayanti.

kecana—some yogis or learned scholars of astronomy; etat—this:
jyotih-anikam—great wheel of planets and stars: sisumdara-
sarnsthanena—imagine this wheel to be a Sisumdra (dolphin) ;
bhagavatah—of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; vaésudevasya—
Lord Vasudeva (the son of Vasudeva), Krsna; yoga-dharanayam—in
absorption in worship; anuvarnayanti—describe.
