SB 5.24.4

SB 5.24.4

Devanagari

ततोऽधस्तात्सिद्धचारणविद्याधराणां सदनानि तावन्मात्र एव ॥ ४ ॥

Verse text

tato ’dhastāt siddha-cāraṇa-vidyādharāṇāṁ sadanāni tāvan mātra eva.

Synonyms

tataḥ the planet Rāhu ; adhastāt below ; siddha cāraṇa — of the planets known as Siddhaloka and Cāraṇaloka ; vidyādharāṇām and the planets of the Vidyādharas ; sadanāni the residential places ; tāvat mātra only that much distance (eighty thousand miles) ; eva indeed .

Translation

Below Rāhu by 10,000 yojanas [80,000 miles] are the planets known as Siddhaloka, Cāraṇaloka and Vidyādhara-loka.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

Below Rāhu by 10,000 yojanas are the planets known as Siddhaloka, Cāraṇaloka and Vidyādhara-loka. Tāvam mātre means 10,000 yojanas.

Purport

It is said that the residents of Siddhaloka, being naturally endowed with the powers of yogīs, can go from one planet to another by their natural mystic powers without using airplanes or similar machines.