TEXT 32
munaya ucuh
ko vam ihaitya bhagavat-paricaryayoccais
tad-dharminam nivasatam visamah svabhavah
tasmin prasanta-puruse gata-vigrahe vam
ko vatmavat kuhakayoh parisankaniyah
SYNONYMS
munayahthe great sages; ucuhsaid; kahwho; vamyou two; ihain Vaikuntha; etyahaving attained; bhagavatof the Supreme Personality of Godhead; paricaryayaby the service; uccaihhaving been developed by past pious actions; tat-dharminamof the devotees; nivasatamdwelling in Vaikuntha; visamahdiscordant; svabhavahmentality; tasminin the Supreme Lord; prasanta-purusewithout anxieties; gata-vigrahewithout any enemy; vamof you two; kahwho; vaor; atma-vatlike yourselves; kuhakayohmaintaining duplicity; parisankaniyahnot becoming trustworthy.
TRANSLATION
The sages said: Who are these two persons who have developed such a discordant mentality even though they are posted in the service of the Lord in the highest position and are expected to have developed the same qualities as the Lord? How are these two persons living in Vaikuntha? Where is the possibility of an enemys coming into this kingdom of God? The Supreme Personality of Godhead has no enemy. Who could be envious of Him? Probably these two persons are imposters; therefore they suspect others to be like themselves.
PURPORT
The difference between the inhabitants of a Vaikuntha planet and those of a material planet is that in Vaikuntha all the residents engage in the service of the Lord Himself and are equipped with all His good qualities. It has been analyzed by great personalities that when a conditioned soul is liberated and becomes a devotee, about seventy-nine percent of all the good qualities of the Lord develop in his person. Therefore in the Vaikuntha world there is no question of enmity between the Lord and the residents. Here in this material world the citizens may be inimical to the chief executives or heads of state, but in Vaikuntha there is no such mentality. One is not allowed to enter Vaikuntha unless he has completely developed the good qualities. The basic principle of goodness is to accept subordination to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The sages, therefore, were surprised to see that the two doormen who checked them from entering the palace were not exactly like the residents of Vaikunthaloka. It may be said that a doormans duty is to determine who should be allowed to enter the palace and who should not. But that is not relevant in this matter because no one is allowed to enter the Vaikuntha planets unless he has developed one hundred percent his mentality of devotional service to the Supreme Lord. No enemy of the Lord can enter Vaikunthaloka. The Kumaras concluded that the only reason for the doormens checking them was that the doormen themselves were imposters.

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