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Appearance of Śukadeva Gosvāmī
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PURPORT
Beyond the limitation of the material creation, which is compared to the cloud in the sky, there is the  Paravyoma , or the spiritual sky, full of planets called  Vaikuṇṭhas . Such  Vaikuṇṭha  planets are also differently known as the  Puruṣottamaloka ,  Acyutaloka ,  Trivikramaloka ,  Hṛṣīkeśaloka ,  Keśavaloka ,  Aniruddhaloka ,  Mādhavaloka ,  Pradyumnaloka ,  Saṅkarṣaṇaloka ,  Srīdharaloka ,  Vāsudevaloka ,  Ayodhyāloka ,  Dvārakāloka , and many other millions of spiritual  lokas  wherein the Personality of Godhead predominates; and all the living entities there are liberated souls with spiritual bodies as good as that of the Lord. There is no material contamination; everything there is spiritual, and therefore there is nothing objectively lamentable. They are full of transcendental bliss, and are without birth, death, old age and disease. And amongst all the above-mentioned  Vaikuṇṭhalokas , there is one supreme  loka  called  Goloka Vṛndāvana , which is the abode of the Lord  Srī Kṛṣṇa  and His specific associates.  Mahārāja Parīkṣit  was destined to achieve this particular  loka , and the great  ṛṣis  assembled there could foresee this. All of them consulted amongst themselves about the great departure of the great King, and they wanted to see him up to the last moment because they would no more be able to see such a great devotee of the Lord. When a great devotee of the Lord passes away, there is nothing to be lamented because the devotee is destined to enter into the kingdom of God. But the sorry plight is that such great devotees leave our sight, and therefore there is every reason to be sorry. As the Lord is rarely to be seen by our present eyes, so also are the great devotees. The great  ṛṣis , therefore, correctly decided to remain on the spot till the last moment.
TEXT 22
आश्रुत्य तद्दधिगणवचः परीक्षित्  
 समं मधुव्युद् गुरु चान्यलीकम् ।  
 आभाषतैनानमिनन्य युक्तान्  
 शुश्रूषमाणश्चरितानि विष्णोः ॥२२॥
āśrutya tad ṛṣi-gaṇa-vacaḥ parīkṣit  
 samam madhu-cyud guru cāvyalīkam  
 ābhāṣatainān abhinandya yuktān  
 śuśrūṣamāṇaś caritāni viṣṇoḥ