Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.18.20

anye ca māyino māyām

antardhānādbhutātmanām

mayam prakalpya vatsam te

duduhur dhāranāmayīm

SYNONYMS

anye — others; ca — also; māyinah — mystic magicians; māyām — mystic powers; antardhāna — disappearing; adbhuta — wonderful; ātmanām — of the body; mayam — the demon named Maya; prakalpya — making; vatsam — the calf; te — they; duduhuh — milked out; dhāranāmayīm — proceeding from will.

TRANSLATION

Others also, the inhabitants of planets known as Kimpurusha-loka, made the demon Maya into a calf, and they milked out mystic powers by which one can disappear immediately from another's vision and appear again in a different form.

PURPORT

It is said that the inhabitants of Kimpurusha-loka can perform many wonderful mystic demonstrations. In other words, they can exhibit as many wonderful things as one can imagine. The inhabitants of this planet can do whatever they like, or whatever they imagine. Such powers are also mystic powers. The possession of such mystic power is called īśitā. The demons generally learn such mystic powers by the practice of yoga. In the Daśama-skandha, the Tenth Canto, of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, there is a vivid description of how the demons appear before Krishna in various wonderful forms. For instance, Bakāsura appeared before Krishna and His cowherd boyfriends as a gigantic crane. While present on this planet, Lord Krishna had to fight with many demons who could exhibit the wonderful mystic powers of Kimpurusha-loka. Although the inhabitants of Kimpurusha-loka are naturally endowed with such powers, one can attain these powers on this planet by performing different yogic practices.

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