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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.18.19

ప్రకల్ప్య వత్సం కపిలం సిద్ధా: సఙ్కల్పనామయీమ్ । సిద్ధిం నభసి విద్యాం చ యే చ విద్యాధరాదయ: ॥ ౧౯ ॥
prakalpya vatsaṁ kapilaṁ
[prakalpya vatsam kapilam]
siddhāḥ saṅkalpanāmayīm
[siddhaah sankalpanaamayeem]
siddhiṁ nabhasi vidyāṁ ca
[siddhim nabhasi vidyaam cha]
ye ca vidyādharādayaḥ
[ye cha vidyaadharaadayah]
prakalpya — appointing vatsam — calf kapilam — the great sage Kapila siddhāḥ — the inhabitants of Siddhaloka saṅkalpanā-mayīm — proceeding from will siddhim — yogic perfection nabhasi — in the sky vidyām — knowledge ca — also ye — those who ca — also vidyādhara-ādayaḥ — the inhabitants of Vidyādhara-loka, and so on.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
prakalpya vatsaṁ kapilaṁ
prakalpya
appointing
vatsam
calf
kapilam
the great sage Kapila
siddhāḥ saṅkalpanāmayīm
siddhāḥ
the inhabitants of Siddhaloka
saṅkalpanā-mayīm
proceeding from will
siddhiṁ nabhasi vidyāṁ ca
siddhim
yogic perfection
nabhasi
in the sky
vidyām
knowledge
ca
also
ye ca vidyādharādayaḥ
ye
those who
ca
also
vidyādhara-ādayaḥ
the inhabitants of Vidyādhara-loka, and so on.
After this, the inhabitants of Siddhaloka, as well as the inhabitants of Vidyādhara-loka, transformed the great sage Kapila into a calf, and making the whole sky into a pot, they milked out specific yogic mystic powers, beginning with aṇimā. Indeed, the inhabitants of Vidyādhara-loka acquired the art of flying in the sky.

The inhabitants of both Siddhaloka and Vidyādhara-loka are naturally endowed with mystic yogic powers by which they not only can fly in outer space without a vehicle but can also fly from one planet to another simply by exerting their will. Just as fish can swim within water, the residents of Vidyādhara-loka can swim in the ocean of air. As far as the inhabitants of Siddhaloka are concerned, they are endowed with all mystic powers. The yogīs in this planet practice the eightfold yogic mysticism — namely yama, niyama, āsana, prāṇāyāma, pratyāhāra, dhāraṇā, dhyāna and samādhi. By regularly practicing the yogic processes one after another, the yogīs attain various perfections; they can become smaller than the smallest, heavier than the heaviest, etc. They can even manufacture a planet, get whatever they like and control whatever man they want. All the residents of Siddhaloka are naturally endowed with these mystic yogic powers. It is certainly a very wonderful thing if we see a person on this planet flying in the sky without a vehicle, but in Vidyādhara-loka such flying is as commonplace as a bird’s flying in the sky. Similarly, in Siddhaloka all the inhabitants are great yogīs, perfect in mystic powers.

The name of Kapila Muni is significant in this verse because He was the expounder of the Sāṅkhya philosophical system, and His father, Kardama Muni, was a great yogī and mystic. Indeed, Kardama Muni prepared a great airplane, which was as large as a small town and had various gardens, palatial buildings, servants and maidservants. With all this paraphernalia, Kapiladeva’s mother, Devahūti, and His father, Kardama Muni, traveled all over the universes and visited different planets.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
The Siddhas, making Kapila the calf, produced siddhis such as aṇima as the milk and the Vidyādharas produced knowledge of flying in the sky as the milk, with the sky as a pot. Saṅklapanā-mayīm siddhim means siddhis such as aṇima. The sky was the pot. Vidyām means knowledge of flying in the sky.
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