as big as a small town

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