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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.15.14
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 14
- vasanti yatra puruṣāḥ
- sarve vaikuṇṭha-mūrtayaḥ
- ye 'nimitta-nimittena
- dharmeṇārādhayan harim
vasantithey live — they live; yatrawhere — where; puruṣāḥpersons — persons; sarveall — all; vaikuṇṭhahaving a four-handed form similar to that of the Supreme Lord, Viṣṇu-mūrtayaḥhaving a four-handed form similar to that of the Supreme Lord, Viṣṇu — having a four-handed form similar to that of the Supreme Lord, Viṣṇu; yethose Vaikuṇṭha persons — those Vaikuṇṭha persons; animittawithout desire for sense gratification — without desire for sense gratification; nimittenacaused by — caused by; dharmeṇaby devotional service — by devotional service; ārādhayancontinuously worshiping — continuously worshiping; harimunto the Supreme Personality of Godhead — unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
In the Vaikuṇṭha planets all the residents are similar in form to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. They all engage in devotional service to the Lord without desires for sense gratification.
The residents and the form of living in Vaikuṇṭha are described in this verse. The residents are all like the Supreme Personality of Godhead Nārāyaṇa. In the Vaikuṇṭha planets Kṛṣṇa's plenary feature as four-handed Nārāyaṇa is the predominating Deity, and the residents of Vaikuṇṭhaloka are also four-handed, just contrary to our conception here in the material world. Nowhere in the material world do we find a human being with four hands. In Vaikuṇṭhaloka there is no occupation but the service of the Lord, and this service is not rendered with a purpose. Although every service has a particular result, the devotees never aspire for the fulfillment of their own desires; their desires are fulfilled by rendering transcendental loving service to the Lord.