पथि पथि च वरूथशः सिद्धगन्धर्वसाध्यचारणमुनिगणैरुपगीयमानो गन्ध
मादनद्रोणीमवभासयन्नुपससर्प ॥८॥
sa tatra tatra gagana-tala uá¸u-patir iva vimÄnÄvalibhir anupatham amara-parivá¹›á¸hair abhipÅ«jyamÄnaḥ pathi pathi ca varÅ«thaÅ›aḥ siddha-gandharva-sÄdhya-cÄraṇa-muni-gaṇair upagÄ«yamÄno gandha-mÄdana-droṇīm avabhÄsayann upasasarpa
saḥ - he (Lord BrahmÄ); tatra tatra - here and there; gagana-tale - under the canopy of the sky; uá¸u-patiḥ - the moon; iva - like; vimÄna-Ävalibhiḥ - in their different airplanes; anupatham - along the path; amara - of the demigods; parivá¹›á¸haiḥ - by the leaders; abhipÅ«jyamÄnaḥ - being worshiped; pathi pathi - on the way, one after another; ca - also; varÅ«thaÅ›aḥ - in groups; siddha - by the residents of Siddhaloka; gandharva - by the residents of Gandharvaloka; sÄdhya - by the residents of SÄdhyaloka; cÄraṇa - by the residents of CÄraṇaloka; muni-gaṇaiḥ - and by great sages; upagÄ«yamÄnaḥ - being worshiped; gandha-mÄdana - of the planet where the GandhamÄdana Hill is found; droṇīm - the border; avabhÄsayan - illuminating; upasasarpa - he approached.
As Lord BrahmÄ descended on his carrier, the great swan, all the residents of the planets named Siddhaloka, Gandharvaloka, SÄdhyaloka and CÄraṇaloka, as well as great sages and demigods flying in their different airplanes, assembled within the canopy of the sky to receive Lord BrahmÄ and worship him. As he received respect and adoration from the residents of the various planets, Lord BrahmÄ appeared just like the full moon surrounded by illuminating stars. Lord BrahmÄ’s great swan then arrived at the border of GandhamÄdana Hill and approached Prince Priyavrata, who was sitting there.
It appears from this description that there is regular interplanetary travel between the planets of the demigods. Another significant point is that there is a planet covered mostly by great mountains, one of which is GandhamÄdana Hill. Three great personalities — Priyavrata, NÄrada and SvÄyambhuva Manu — were sitting on this hill. According to BrahmÄ-saá¹hitÄ, each universe is filled with different planetary systems, and every system has a unique opulence. For example, on Siddhaloka all the residents are very advanced in the powers of mystic yoga. They can fly from one planet to another without airplanes or other flying machines. Similarly, the residents of Gandharvaloka are expert in musical science, and those on SÄdhyaloka are all great saints. The interplanetary system undoubtedly exists, and residents of different planets may go from one to another. On this earth, however, we have not invented any machine that can go directly from one planet to another, although an unsuccessful attempt has been made to go directly to the moon.
