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<div id="Srimad-Bhagavatam" class="section" sec_index="1" parent="compilation" text="Srimad-Bhagavatam"><h2>Srimad-Bhagavatam</h2>
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<div id="SB_Canto_4" class="sub_section" sec_index="4" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam" text="SB Canto 4"><h3>SB Canto 4</h3>
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<div id="SB41819_0" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_4" book="SB" index="740" link="SB 4.18.19" link_text="SB 4.18.19">
<div class="heading">The inhabitants of both Siddhaloka and Vidyādhara-loka are naturally endowed with mystic yogic powers by which they not only can fly in outer space without a vehicle but can also fly from one planet to another simply by exerting their will.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 4.18.19|SB 4.18.19, Translation and Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">After this, the inhabitants of Siddhaloka, as well as the inhabitants of Vidyādhara-loka, transformed the great sage Kapila into a calf, and making the whole sky into a pot, they milked out specific yogic mystic powers, beginning with aṇimā. Indeed, the inhabitants of Vidyādhara-loka acquired the art of flying in the sky.</p>
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<div class="purport text"><p>The inhabitants of both Siddhaloka and Vidyādhara-loka are naturally endowed with mystic yogic powers by which they not only can fly in outer space without a vehicle but can also fly from one planet to another simply by exerting their will. Just as fish can swim within water, the residents of Vidyādhara-loka can swim in the ocean of air. As far as the inhabitants of Siddhaloka are concerned, they are endowed with all mystic powers. The yogīs in this planet practice the eightfold yogic mysticism—namely yama, niyama, āsana, prāṇāyāma, pratyāhāra, dhāraṇā, dhyāna and samādhi. By regularly practicing the yogic processes one after another, the yogīs attain various perfections; they can become smaller than the smallest, heavier than the heaviest, etc. They can even manufacture a planet, get whatever they like and control whatever man they want. All the residents of Siddhaloka are naturally endowed with these mystic yogic powers. It is certainly a very wonderful thing if we see a person on this planet flying in the sky without a vehicle, but in Vidyādhara-loka such flying is as commonplace as a bird's flying in the sky. Similarly, in Siddhaloka all the inhabitants are great yogīs, perfect in mystic powers.</p>
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<div id="SB4195_1" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_4" book="SB" index="757" link="SB 4.19.5" link_text="SB 4.19.5">
<div class="heading">The Lord was accompanied by the residents of Siddhaloka and Vidyādhara-loka.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 4.19.5|SB 4.19.5, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">The Lord was accompanied by the residents of Siddhaloka and Vidyādhara-loka, all the descendants of Diti, and the demons and the Yakṣas. He was also accompanied by His chief associates, headed by Sunanda and Nanda.</p>
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<div id="SB_Canto_5" class="sub_section" sec_index="5" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam" text="SB Canto 5"><h3>SB Canto 5</h3>
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<div id="SB5244_0" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_5" book="SB" index="592" link="SB 5.24.4" link_text="SB 5.24.4">
<div class="heading">Below Rāhu by 10,000 yojanas (80,000 miles) are the planets known as Siddhaloka, Cāraṇaloka and Vidyādhara-loka.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 5.24.4|SB 5.24.4, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">Below Rāhu by 10,000 yojanas (80,000 miles) are the planets known as Siddhaloka, Cāraṇaloka and Vidyādhara-loka.</p>
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<div id="SB5245_1" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_5" book="SB" index="593" link="SB 5.24.5" link_text="SB 5.24.5">
<div class="heading">Beneath Vidyādhara-loka, Cāraṇaloka and Siddhaloka, in the sky called antarikṣa, are the places of enjoyment for the Yakṣas, Rākṣasas, Piśācas, ghosts and so on.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 5.24.5|SB 5.24.5, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">Beneath Vidyādhara-loka, Cāraṇaloka and Siddhaloka, in the sky called antarikṣa, are the places of enjoyment for the Yakṣas, Rākṣasas, Piśācas, ghosts and so on. Antarikṣa extends as far as the wind blows and the clouds float in the sky. Above this there is no more air.</p>
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<div id="SB_Canto_6" class="sub_section" sec_index="6" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam" text="SB Canto 6"><h3>SB Canto 6</h3>
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<div id="SB61723_0" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_6" book="SB" index="644" link="SB 6.17.2-3" link_text="SB 6.17.2-3">
<div class="heading">It is to be understood that Mahārāja Citraketu, although surrounded by beautiful women from Vidyādhara-loka, did not forget to glorify the Lord by chanting the holy name of the Lord.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 6.17.2-3|SB 6.17.2-3, Translation and Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">Being praised by great sages and saints and by the inhabitants of Siddhaloka and Cāraṇaloka, Citraketu, the most powerful mystic yogī, wandered about enjoying life for millions of years. With bodily strength and senses free from deterioration, he traveled within the valleys of Sumeru Mountain, which is the place of perfection for various kinds of mystic power. In those valleys he enjoyed life with the women of Vidyādhara-loka by chanting the glories of the Supreme Lord, Hari.</p>
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<div class="purport text"><p>It is to be understood that Mahārāja Citraketu, although surrounded by beautiful women from Vidyādhara-loka, did not forget to glorify the Lord by chanting the holy name of the Lord. It has been proved in many places that one who is not contaminated by any material condition, who is a pure devotee engaged in chanting the glories of the Lord, should be understood to be perfect.</p>
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<div id="SB_Canto_7" class="sub_section" sec_index="7" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam" text="SB Canto 7"><h3>SB Canto 7</h3>
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<div id="SB783739_0" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_7" book="SB" index="340" link="SB 7.8.37-39" link_text="SB 7.8.37-39">
<div class="heading">The demigods then approached the Lord. They were headed by Lord Brahmā, King Indra and Lord Śiva and included great saintly persons and the residents of Pitṛloka, Siddhaloka, Vidyādhara-loka and the planet of the snakes.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 7.8.37-39|SB 7.8.37-39, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">My dear King Yudhiṣṭhira, the demigods then approached the Lord. They were headed by Lord Brahmā, King Indra and Lord Śiva and included great saintly persons and the residents of Pitṛloka, Siddhaloka, Vidyādhara-loka and the planet of the snakes. The Manus approached, and so did the chiefs of various other planets. The angelic dancers approached, as did the Gandharvas, the Cāraṇas, the Yakṣas, the inhabitants of Kinnaraloka, the Vetālas, the inhabitants of Kimpuruṣa-loka, and the personal servants of Viṣṇu like Sunanda and Kumuda. All of them came near the Lord, who glowed with intense light. They individually offered their obeisances and prayers, their hands folded at their heads.</p>
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<div id="SB7846_1" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_7" book="SB" index="347" link="SB 7.8.46" link_text="SB 7.8.46">
<div class="heading">The inhabitants of Vidyādhara-loka prayed.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 7.8.46|SB 7.8.46, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">The inhabitants of Vidyādhara-loka prayed: Our acquired power to appear and disappear in various ways according to varieties of meditation was banned by that foolish Hiraṇyakaśipu because of his pride in his superior bodily strength and his ability to conquer others. Now the Supreme Personality of Godhead has killed him just as if the demon were an animal. Unto that supreme pastime form of Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva, we eternally offer our respectful obeisances.</p>
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<div id="Other_Books_by_Srila_Prabhupada" class="section" sec_index="3" parent="compilation" text="Other Books by Srila Prabhupada"><h2>Other Books by Srila Prabhupada</h2>
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<div id="Krsna_The_Supreme_Personality_of_Godhead" class="sub_section" sec_index="4" parent="Other_Books_by_Srila_Prabhupada" text="Krsna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead"><h3>Krsna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead</h3>
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<div id="KB27_0" class="quote" parent="Krsna,_The_Supreme_Personality_of_Godhead" book="OB" index="31" link="KB 27" link_text="Krsna Book 27">
<div class="heading">The residents of all higher planetary systems, such as Gandharvaloka, Vidyādharaloka, Siddhaloka and Cāraṇaloka, all combined and glorified the Lord by chanting His holy name.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:KB 27|Krsna Book 27]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">The surabhi cows and all the demigods and their mothers joined the heavenly king, Indra, in worshiping Lord Kṛṣṇa by bathing Him with Ganges water and the milk of the surabhis. Thus Govinda, Lord Kṛṣṇa, was pleased with all of them. The residents of all higher planetary systems, such as Gandharvaloka, Vidyādharaloka, Siddhaloka and Cāraṇaloka, all combined and glorified the Lord by chanting His holy name as their wives and damsels danced with great joy.</p>
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