SB 3.15.27

TEXT 27

TEXT

तस्मिन्नतीत्य मुनयः षडसज्जमानाः कक्षाः समानवयसावथ सप्तमायाम् ।
देवावचक्षत गृहीतगदौ परार्ध्य केयूरकुण्डलकिरीटविटङ्कवेशौ ॥ २७ ॥

tasminn atitya munayah sad asajjamanah

kaksah samana-vayasav atha saptamayam

devav acaksata grhita-gadau parardhya-

keyura-kundala-kirita-vitaṅka-vesau

tasmin-in that Vaikuntha; atitya-after passing through; munayah-the great sages; sat-six; asajjamanah-without being much attracted; kaksah-walls; samana-equal; vayasau-age; atha-thereafter; saptamayam-at the seventh gate; devau-two Vaikuntha doormen; acaksata-saw; grhita-carrying; gadau-maces; para-ardhya-most valuable; keyura-bracelets; kundala-earrings; kirita-helmets; vitaṅka-beautiful; vesau-garments.

TRANSLATION

After passing through the six entrances of Vaikuntha Puri, the Lord's residence, without feeling astonishment at all the decorations, they saw at the seventh gate two shining beings of the same age, armed with maces and adorned with most valuable jewelry, earrings, diamonds, etc.

PURPORT

The sages were so eager to see the Lord within Vaikuntha Puri that they did not care to see the transcendental decorations of the six gates which they passed by one after another. But at the seventh door they found two doormen of the same age. The significance of the doormen's being of the same age is that in the Vaikuntha planets there is no old age, so one cannot distinguish who is older than whom. The inhabitants of Vaikuntha are decorated like the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Narayana, with saṅkha, cakra, gada and padma (conch, wheel, club and lotus).

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