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Read one verse of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam with its Sanskrit, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 5.24.4
ततोऽधस्तात्सिद्धचारणविद्याधराणां सदनानि तावन्मात्र एव ॥ ४ ॥
tato ’dhastāt siddha-cāraṇa-vidyādharāṇāṁ sadanāni tāvan mātra eva.
Below Rāhu by 10,000 yojanas [80,000 miles] are the planets known as Siddhaloka, Cāraṇaloka and Vidyādhara-loka.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Siddhaloka, Cāraṇaloka and Vidyādhara-loka are situated 10,000 yojanas below Rāhu.
The purport says that Siddhaloka’s residents are naturally endowed with the powers of yogīs.
By these natural mystic powers, they can travel from one planet to another. They do not need airplanes or similar machines.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Smallness → Awe and reverence. A vast cosmos changes the reader's perspective.
Chapters 15–25 of Canto 5: The cosmic regions and divine worship. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc
From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
This chapter describes the planet Rāhu, which is 10,000 yojanas (80,000 miles) below the sun, and it also describes Atala and the other lower planetary systems. Rāhu is situated below the sun and moon.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 5.24
Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.
The subject this verse serves and the themes it speaks of.
Sthāna · Planetary systems
How is the universe arranged, and what is our right place in it? · Subject 3 of 10
Chapter themes come from the story phase this chapter belongs to.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What distinction does the purport make between natural mystic powers and travel by machines?
Write one sentence summarizing how the residents of Siddhaloka are said to travel.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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