यत्र सङ्गीतसन्नादैर्नदद्गुहममर्षया ।
अभिगर्जन्ति हरयः श्लाघिनः परशङ्कया ॥६॥

yatra saá¹…gÄ«ta-sannÄdair
nadad-guham amará¹£ayÄ
abhigarjanti harayaḥ
Å›lÄghinaḥ para-Å›aá¹…kayÄ

 yatra - in that mountain (Trikūṭa); saá¹…gÄ«ta - of singing; sannÄdaiḥ - with the vibrations; nadat - resounding; guham - the caves; amará¹£ayÄ - because of unbearable anger or envy; abhigarjanti - roar; harayaḥ - the lions; Å›lÄghinaḥ - being very proud of their strength; para-Å›aá¹…kayÄ - because of suspecting another lion.


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Because of the resounding vibrations of the denizens of heaven singing in the caves, the lions there, being very proud of their strength, roar with unbearable envy, thinking that another lion is roaring in that way.

Purport

In the higher planetary systems, there are not only different types of human beings, but also animals like lions and elephants. There are trees, and the land is made of emeralds. Such is the creation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. ÅšrÄ«la Bhaktivinoda ṬhÄkura has sung in this regard, keÅ›ava! tuyÄ jagata vicitra: “My Lord KeÅ›ava, Your creation is colorful and full of varieties.†Geologists, botanists and other so-called scientists speculate about other planetary systems, but being unable to estimate the varieties on other planets, they falsely imagine that all planets but this one are vacant, uninhabited, and full of dust. Although they cannot even estimate the varieties existing throughout the universe, they are very proud of their knowledge, and they are accepted as learned by persons of a similar caliber. As described in ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam (2.3.19), Å›va-vid-varÄhoṣṭra-kharaiḥ saá¹stutaḥ puruá¹£aḥ paÅ›uḥ: materialistic leaders are praised by dogs, hogs, camels and asses, and they themselves are also big animals. One should not be satisfied with the knowledge imparted by a big animal. Rather, one must take knowledge from a perfect person like Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ«. MahÄjano yena gataḥ sa panthÄḥ: our duty is to follow the instructions of the mahÄjanas. There are twelve mahÄjanas, and Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ« is one of them.

svayambhÅ«r nÄradaḥ Å›ambhuḥ
 kumÄraḥ kapilo manuḥ
prahlÄdo janako bhīṣmo
 balir vaiyÄsakir vayam

(BhÄg. 6.3.20)

VaiyÄsaki is Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ«. Whatever he says we consider to be factual. That is perfect knowledge.