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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.23.41

భ్రాజిష్ణునా విమానేన కామగేన మహీయసా । వైమానికానత్యశేత చరఁల్లోకాన్ యథానిల: ॥ ౪౧ ॥
bhrājiṣṇunā vimānena
[bhraajishnunaa vimaanena]
kāma-gena mahīyasā
[kaama-gena maheeyasaa]
vaimānikān atyaśeta
[vaimaanikaan atyasheta]
caraḻ lokān yathānilaḥ
[charaḻ lokaan yathaanilah]
bhrājiṣṇunā — splendid vimānena — with the airplane kāma-gena — which flew according to his desire mahīyasā — very great vaimānikān — the demigods in their airplanes atyaśeta — he surpassed caran — traveling lokān — through the planets yathā — like anilaḥ — the air.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
bhrājiṣṇunā vimānena
bhrājiṣṇunā
splendid
vimānena
with the airplane
kāma-gena mahīyasā
kāma-gena
which flew according to his desire
mahīyasā
very great
vaimānikān atyaśeta
vaimānikān
the demigods in their airplanes
atyaśeta
he surpassed
caraḻ lokān yathānilaḥ
caran
traveling
lokān
through the planets
yathā
like
anilaḥ
the air.
He traveled in that way through the various planets, as the air passes uncontrolled in every direction. Coursing through the air in that great and splendid aerial mansion, which could fly at his will, he surpassed even the demigods.

The planets occupied by the demigods are restricted to their own orbits, but Kardama Muni, by his yogic power, could travel all over the different directions of the universe without restriction. The living entities who are within the universe are called conditioned souls; that is, they are not free to move everywhere. We are inhabitants of this earthly globe; we cannot move freely to other planets. In the modern age, man is trying to go to other planets, but so far he has been unsuccessful. It is not possible to travel to any other planets because by the laws of nature even the demigods cannot move from one planet to another. But Kardama Muni, by his yogic power, could surpass the strength of the demigods and travel in space in all directions. The comparison here is very suitable. The words yathā anilaḥ indicate that as the air is free to move anywhere without restriction, so Kardama Muni unrestrictedly traveled in all directions of the universe.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
He surpassed the devatās with their airplanes as he traveled like the air to other planets on his giant, glowing vehicle propelled by his desire. Atyaśeta means “he surpassed.”
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