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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.9.11
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 11
- śyāmāvadātāḥ śata-patra-locanāḥ
- piśaṅga-vastrāḥ surucaḥ supeśasaḥ
- sarve catur-bāhava unmiṣan-maṇi-
- praveka-niṣkābharaṇāḥ suvarcasaḥ
śyāmasky-bluish — sky-bluish; avadātāḥglowing — glowing; śatalotus flower-patralotus flower — lotus flower; locanāḥeyes — eyes; piśaṅgayellowish — yellowish; vastrāḥclothing — clothing; sugreatly attractive-rucaḥgreatly attractive — greatly attractive; sugrowing youthful-peśasaḥgrowing youthful — growing youthful; sarveall of them — all of them; catuḥfour — four; bāhavaḥhands — hands; unmiṣanrising luster — rising luster; maṇipearls — pearls; pravekasuperior quality — superior quality; niṣkaornamental medallions-ābharaṇāḥornamental medallions — ornamental medallions; sueffulgent-varcasaḥeffulgent — effulgent.
The inhabitants of the Vaikuṇṭha planets are described as having a glowing sky-bluish complexion. Their eyes resemble lotus flowers, their dress is of yellowish color, and their bodily features very attractive. They are just the age of growing youths, they all have four hands, they are all nicely decorated with pearl necklaces with ornamental medallions, and they all appear to be effulgent.
The inhabitants in Vaikuṇṭhaloka are all personalities with spiritual bodily features not to be found in the material world. We can find the descriptions in the revealed scriptures like Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. Impersonal descriptions of transcendence in the scriptures indicate that the bodily features in Vaikuṇṭhaloka are never to be seen in any part of the universe. As there are different bodily features in different places of a particular planet, or as there are different bodily features between bodies in different planets, similarly the bodily features of the inhabitants in Vaikuṇṭhaloka are completely different from those in the material universe. For example, the four hands are distinct from the two hands in this world.