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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.15.30
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 30
- tān vīkṣya vāta-raśanāṁś caturaḥ kumārān
- vṛddhān daśārdha-vayaso viditātma-tattvān
- vetreṇa cāskhalayatām atad-arhaṇāṁs tau
- tejo vihasya bhagavat-pratikūla-śīlau
tānthem — them; vīkṣyaafter seeing — after seeing; vātanaked-raśanānnaked — naked; caturaḥfour — four; kumārānboys — boys; vṛddhānaged — aged; daśafive years-ardhafive years — five years; vayasaḥappearing as of the age — appearing as of the age; viditahad realized — had realized; ātmathe truth of the self-tattvānthe truth of the self — the truth of the self; vetreṇawith their staffs — with their staffs; caalso — also; askhalayatāmforbade — forbade; a-tatnot deserving such from them-arhaṇānnot deserving such from them — not deserving such from them; tauthose two porters — those two porters; tejaḥglories — glories; vihasyadisregarding the etiquette — disregarding the etiquette; bhagavathaving a nature displeasing to the Lord-pratikūlahaving a nature displeasing to the Lord-śīlauhaving a nature displeasing to the Lord — having a nature displeasing to the Lord.
The four boy-sages, who had nothing to cover their bodies but the atmosphere, looked only five years old, even though they were the oldest of all living creatures and had realized the truth of the self. But when the porters, who happened to possess a disposition quite unpalatable to the Lord, saw the sages, they blocked their way with their staffs, despising their glories, although the sages did not deserve such treatment at their hands.
The four sages were the first-born sons of Brahmā. Therefore all other living entities, including Lord Śiva, are born later and are therefore younger than the four Kumāras. Although they looked like five-year-old boys and traveled naked, the Kumāras were older than all other living creatures and had realized the truth of the self. Such saints were not to be forbidden to enter the kingdom of Vaikuṇṭha, but by chance the doormen objected to their entrance. This was not fitting. The Lord is always anxious to serve sages like the Kumāras, but in spite of knowing this fact, the doormen, astonishingly and outrageously, prohibited them from entering.