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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.23.12

మైత్రేయ ఉవాచ ప్రియాయా: ప్రియమన్విచ్ఛన్ కర్దమో యోగమాస్థిత: । విమానం కామగం క్షత్తస్తర్హ్యేవావిరచీకరత్ ॥ ౧౨ ॥
maitreya uvāca
[maitreya uvaacha]
priyāyāḥ priyam anvicchan
[priyaayaah priyam anvichchan]
kardamo yogam āsthitaḥ
[kardamo yogam aasthitah]
vimānaṁ kāma-gaṁ kṣattas
[vimaanam kaama-gam kshattas]
tarhy evāviracīkarat
[tarhy evaaviracheekarat]
maitreyaḥ — the great sage Maitreya uvāca — said priyāyāḥ — of his beloved wife priyam — the pleasure anvicchan — seeking kardamaḥ — the sage Kardama yogam — yogic power āsthitaḥ — exercised vimānam — an airplane kāma-gam — moving at will kṣattaḥ — O Vidura tarhi — instantly eva — quite āviracīkarat — he produced.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
maitreya uvāca
maitreyaḥ
the great sage Maitreya
uvāca
said
priyāyāḥ priyam anvicchan
priyāyāḥ
of his beloved wife
priyam
the pleasure
anvicchan
seeking
kardamo yogam āsthitaḥ
kardamaḥ
the sage Kardama
yogam
yogic power
āsthitaḥ
exercised
vimānaṁ kāma-gaṁ kṣattas
vimānam
an airplane
kāma-gam
moving at will
kṣattaḥ
O Vidura
tarhy evāviracīkarat
tarhi
instantly
eva
quite
āviracīkarat
he produced.
Maitreya continued: O Vidura, seeking to please his beloved wife, the sage Kardama exercised his yogic power and instantly produced an aerial mansion that could travel at his will.

Here the words yogam āsthitaḥ are significant. The sage Kardama was completely perfect in yoga. As the result of real yoga practice there are eight kinds of perfection: the yogī can become smaller than the smallest, greater than the greatest or lighter than the lightest, he can achieve anything he likes, he can create even a planet, he can establish influence over anyone, etc. In this way yogic perfection is achieved, and after this one can achieve the perfection of spiritual life. Thus it was not very wonderful for Kardama Muni to create a mansion in the air, according to his own desire, to fulfill the desire of his beloved wife. He at once created the palace, which is described in the following verses.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
O Vidura! Fulfilling the desire of his dear wife, Kardama situated himself in yoga and created at that moment an airplane which moved freely in the air. Whatever Devahūti had indicated silently by her eyes, Kardama supplied while he also remained silent. He did not give an answer. The place was not imperfect in pleasure like the creations of devatās or humans.
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