Text 26] King Indra Annihilates the Demons 81

alaksayantas tam ativa vihvala
vicukrusur deva-ganah sahanugah

anayakah Satru-balena nirjita
vanik-patha bhinna-navo yatharnave

alaksayantah—being unable to see; tam—King Indra; ativa—
fiercely; vihvalah—bewildered; vicukrusuh—began to lament; deva-
ganah—all the demigods; saha-anugah—with their followers;
andyakah—without any captain or leader; satru-balena—by the
superior power of their enemies; nirjitah—oppressed severely; vanik-
pathah—traders; bhinna-navah—whose ship is wrecked; yatha arnave-
—as in the middle of the ocean.

TRANSLATION

The demigods, being severely oppressed by their enemies and
being unable to see Indra on the battlefield, were very anxious.
Having no captain or leader, they began lamenting like traders in a
wrecked vessel in the midst of the ocean.

PURPORT

From this statement it appears that in the upper planetary system
there is shipping and that traders there engage in navigation as their oc-
cupational duty. Sometimes, as on this planet, these traders are ship-
wrecked in the middle of the ocean. It appears that even in the upper
planetary system, such calamities occasionally take place. The upper
planetary system in the creation of the Lord is certainly not vacant or
devoid of living entities. From Srimad-Bhagavatam we understand that
every planet is full of living entities, just as earth is. There is no reason
to accept that on other planetary systems there are no living beings.

TEXT 26

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