So gradually the history of Ajāmila. We have already narrated, he was inhabitant of Kānyakubja. It is historical incidence. It is not a fiction, manufactured something. No. History, itihāsa. So in the Vedic literature they are . . . everything is itihāsa, history. Just like in the park we were talking of the Milk Ocean. The Milk Ocean is there in some part of the universe, top, near Brahmaloka. So it is not fiction; it is itihāsa, means history. We do not know the universal history. We may know some history of our country or this planet. That's all. But there are millions and trillions of planets. So that history is recorded in the Vedic literature.
There are different varieties of planets, there are different standard of comfort, different standard . . . it is stated in the Brahma-saṁhitā that yasya prabhā prabhavato jagad-aṇḍa-koṭi (BS 5.40). The brahma-jyotir, the effulgence of Kṛṣṇa's body . . . just like effulgence of the sun-god's body is the sunshine. We can very easily understand. This is a material thing. There is sun god. The sun god, his name is Vivasvān. Everything is there. Imaṁ vivasvān . . . imaṁ vivasvān yogaṁ proktavān aham avyayam (BG 4.1). Kṛṣṇa says that "I spoke this philosophy of Bhagavad-gītā to Vivasvān." Vivasvān is the name of the person who is predominating in the sun globe. So we have to know from Kṛṣṇa that sun globe is not vacant. When the king is there, the other things are also; the kingdom is also there. That is a planet with fire, just like this planet is earth predominant, and that planet is fire predominant. And there are five elements: earth, water, fire . . . somewhere the water predominates, somewhere the fire predominates, somewhere . . . we can experience. Just like on the sea, beach, we go. We are standing where the earth is predominant, but just a few yards after, the water is predominant. But as on the earth there are so many living entities—birds, beasts, human being—why not in the water? Where is the wrong there? It is also one of the five elements. You cannot live in the water; that does not mean others cannot live. This is common sense. They have got different body. They can live . . . fish, you take out of the water—it will die. And if you are put into the water, so long you can swim . . . otherwise you'll die.