380 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 24

planets, people are engrossed in temporary, material happiness, forget-
ting that in due course of time they have to change their bodies according
to the material laws and suffer the repetition of birth, death, old age and
disease. Not caring what will happen in the next birth, gross materialists
are simply busy enjoying during the present short span of life. A
Vaisnava is always anxious to give all such bewildered materialists the
real happiness of spiritual bliss.

TEXT 9

ay Fen aaa ania fafafta: ga ararafinaz-
mayalac ata aaa ATH ae aa TTS ATTA -
AITATTRAI ARTS: THVT
ARTIS UI

yesu mahdraja mayena mayavina vinirmitah puro néna-mani-pravara-
praveka-viracita-vicitra-bhavana-prakdra-gopura-sabhda-caitya-
catvardyatanddibhir ndgdsura-mithuna-paravata-suka-sdrikakirna-
krtrima-bhamibhir vivaresvara-grhottamaih samalankrtas cakdsati.

yesu—in those lower planetary systems; mahd-rdja—O my dear
King; mayena—by the demon named Maya; mdyd-vind—possessing ad-
vanced knowledge in the construction of material comforts; vinir-
mitah—constructed; purah—cities; nadnad-mani-pravara—of valuable
gems; praveka—with excellent; viracita—constructed; vicitra—won-
derful; bhavana—houses; pradkdra—walls; gopura—gates; sabha—
legislative meeting rooms; caitya—temples; catvara—schools; dyatana-
adibhih—with hotels or recreation halls and so on; naéga—of living en-
tities with snakelike bodies; asura—of demons, or godless persons;
mithuna—by couples; pdrdvata—pigeons; suka—parrots; sdrika—
mynas; dkirna—crowded; krtrima—artificial; bhimibhih—possessing
areas; vivara-isvara—of the leaders of the planets; grha-uttamaih—
with first-class houses; samalankrtah—decorated; cakasati—shine mag-
nificently.
