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beyond the universe. No one can challenge the Srimad-Bhagavatam’s
descriptions of the material and spiritual worlds. The attempts to go from
the earth to the moon have failed, but the people of earth can understand
what exists on other planets. There is no need of imagination; one may
take actual knowledge from Srimad-Bhdagavatam and be satisfied.
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tatraikada tad-giri-kdnanasrayah
karenubhir vérana-yiitha-pas caran
sakantakam kicaka-venu-vetravad
visdla-gulmam prarujan vanaspatin
tatra—therein; ekadd—once upon a time; tat-giri—of that mountain
(Trikita); kanana-asrayah—who lives in the forest; karenubhih—ac-
companied by female elephants; varana-yiitha-pah—the leader of the
elephants; caran—while wandering (toward the lake); sa-kantakam—a
place full of thorns; kicaka-venu-vetra-vat—with plants and creepers of
different names; visdla-gulmam—many thickets; prarujan—breaking;
vanah-patin—trees and plants.
TRANSLATION
The leader of the elephants who lived in the forest of the moun-
tain Trikita once wandered toward the lake with his female
elephants. He broke many plants, creepers, thickets and trees, not
caring for their piercing thorns.
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