Text 39] The Battle Between the Demigods and Demons 49

not the moon, is the planet nearest the earth. We have already discussed
this point in many places. The sun is first, then the moon, then Mars,
Jupiter and so on. The sun is supposed to be 93,000,000 miles above the
surface of the earth, and from the Srimad-Bhégavatam we understand
that the moon is 1,600,000 miles above the sun. Therefore the distance
between the earth and the moon would be about 95,000,000 miles. So if a
space capsule were traveling at the speed of 18,000 miles per hour, how
could it reach the moon in four days? At that speed, going to the moon
would take at least seven months. That a space capsule on a moon excur-
sion has reached the moon in four days is therefore impossible.

TEXT 39

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WEA: ATA: «aE:
A META Hi BEAT 128i

Sirobhir uddhita-kirita-kundalaih
sarnrambha-drgbhih paridasta-dacchadaih
mahda-bhujaih sabharanaih sahayudhaih
sd prastrta bhith karabhorubhir babhau

Sirobhih—by the heads; uddhiita —separated, scattered from; kirita—
having their helmets; kundalaih—and earrings; samrambha-drgbhih—
eyes staring in anger (although the heads were severed from their
bodies); paridasta—having been bitten by the teeth; dacchadaih—the
lips; maha-bhujaih—with big arms; sa-abharanaih—decorated with or-
naments; saha-Gyudhaih—and with weapons in their hands, although
the hands were severed; sd—that battlefield; prastrta—scattered;
bhith—the warfield; karabha-airubhih—and with thighs and legs resem-
bling the trunks of elephants; babhau—it so became.

TRANSLATION

In the course of the battle, the warfield became strewn with the
severed heads of heroes, their eyes still staring and their teeth still
