Text 25]
The Lord in the Heart
101
vaiśvānaram yāti vihāyasā gataḥ suṣumṇayā brahma-pathena śociṣā vidhūta-kalko'tha harer udastāt prayāti cakram nṛpa śaiśumāram
vaiśvānaram—the controlling deity of fire; yāti—goes; vihāyasā—by the path in the sky (the Milky Way); gataḥ—by passing over; suṣumṇayā—by the Suṣumṇā; brahma—Brahmaloka; pathena—on the way to; śociṣā—illuminating; vidhūta—being washed off; kalkaḥ—dirt; atha—thereafter; hareḥ—of Lord Hari; udastāt—upwards; prayāti—does reach; cakram—circle; nṛpa—O King; śaiśumāram—named Śiśumāra.
TRANSLATION
O King, such a mystic, when he passes over the Milky Way by the illuminating Suṣumṇā to reach the highest planet, Brahmaloka, goes first to Vaiṣvānara, the planet of the deity of fire, wherein he becomes completely cleansed of all contaminations, and thereafter he still goes higher, to the circle of Śiśumāra, to relate with Lord Hari, the Personality of Godhead.
PURPORT
The polar star of the universe and the circle thereof is called the Śiśumāra circle wherein the local residential planet of the Personality of Godhead (Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu) is situated. Before reaching there, the mystic passes over the Milky Way to reach the Brahmaloka, and while going there he reaches first the Vaiśvānaraloka, where the demigod controls the fire. In this planet the  yogī  becomes completely cleansed of all dirty sins acquired while in contact with the material world. The Milky Way in the sky is indicated herein as the way leading to the Brahmaloka, the highest planet of the universe.
TEXT 25
तद्विश्वनाभित्वतिवर्त्यविष्णो- रणीयसा विरजेनात्मनैकः । नमस्कृतं ब्रह्मविदामुर्वेति कल्पायुषो यद् विबुधा रमन्ते ॥२५॥