Guest guest Posted February 14, 2000 Report Share Posted February 14, 2000 TRANSLATION Våträsura, bleeding profusely, his two arms cut off at their roots, looked very beautiful, like a flying mountain whose wings have been cut to pieces by Indra. PURPORT It appears from the statement of this verse that sometimes there are flying mountains and that their wings are cut by the thunderbolt of Indra. Våträsura’s huge body resembled such a mountain. SB 6.12.27, SB 6.12.28, SB 6.12.29, SB 6.12.27-29 GOVARDHAN HILL [He has mother and father] sa-girijaù—along with the daughter of the Himalaya Mountains; ============ REF. SB 1.15.12 Lord Çiva and his wife, the daughter of Mount Himalaya. ============ REF. SB 1.15.12 The great elements of\ material creation, namely earth, water, fire, air and ether, all enter into the body of all manifested entities-the seas, mountains, aquatics, plants, reptiles, birds, beasts, human beings, demigods and everyone materially manifested- ============ REF. SB 2.9.35 O King, know from me that all living entities are created by the Supreme Lord according to their past deeds. This includes Brahma and his sons like Daksa, the periodical heads like Vaivasvata Manu, the demigods like Indra, Candra and Varuna, the great sages like Bhrgu, Vyasa and Vasistha, the inhabitants of Pitrloka and Siddhaloka, the Caranas, Gandharvas, Vidyadharas, Asuras, Yaksas, Kinnaras and angels, the serpentines, the monkey-shaped Kimpurusas, the human beings, the inhabitants of Matrloka, the demons, Pisacas, ghosts, spirits, lunatics and evil spirits, the good and evil stars, the goblins, the animals in the forest, the birds, the household animals, the reptiles, the mountains, the moving and standing living entities, the living entities born from embryos, from eggs, from perspiration and from seeds, and all others, whether they be in the water, land or sky, in happiness, in distress or in mixed happiness and distress. All of them, according to their past deeds, are created by the Supreme Lord. ============ SB 2.10.37-40 While Brahma was deliberating with his sons, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Visnu, roared tumultuously like a great mountain. PURPORT It appears that great hills and mountains also have their roaring power because they are also living entities. ============ REF. SB 3.13.23 A living organism is sometimes manifested even in stone. Experience shows that some hills and mountains grow. This is due to the presence of the soul within that stone. ============ REF. SB 3.29.28 TRANSLATION All the rivers, seas, hills, mountains, serpents, cows, birds, animals, heavenly planets, the earthly planet and all other living entities collected various presentations, according to their ability, to offer the King. ============ REF. SB 4.15.12 Should be enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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