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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.15.27
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 27
- tasminn atītya munayaḥ ṣaḍ asajjamānāḥ
- kakṣāḥ samāna-vayasāv atha saptamāyām
- devāv acakṣata gṛhīta-gadau parārdhya-
- keyūra-kuṇḍala-kirīṭa-viṭaṅka-veṣau
tasminin that Vaikuṇṭha — in that Vaikuṇṭha; atītyaafter passing through — after passing through; munayaḥthe great sages — the great sages; ṣaṭsix — six; asajjawithout being much attracted mānāḥwithout being much attracted — without being much attracted; kakṣāḥwalls — walls; samānaequal — equal; vayasauage — age; athathereafter — thereafter; saptamāyāmat the seventh gate — at the seventh gate; devautwo Vaikuṇṭha doormen — two Vaikuṇṭha doormen; acakṣatasaw — saw; gṛhītacarrying — carrying; gadaumaces — maces; paramost valuable-ardhyamost valuable — most valuable; keyūrabracelets — bracelets; kuṇḍalaearrings — earrings; kirīṭahelmets — helmets; viṭaṅkabeautiful — beautiful; veṣaugarments — garments.
After passing through the six entrances of Vaikuṇṭha-purī, 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, helmets, garments, etc.
The sages were so eager to see the Lord within Vaikuṇṭha-purī 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 Vaikuṇṭha planets there is no old age, so one cannot distinguish who is older than whom. The inhabitants of Vaikuṇṭha are decorated like the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Nārāyaṇa, with śaṅkha, cakra, gadā and padma (conch, wheel, club and lotus).