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Puruṣa-sūkta Confirmed
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upper three planetary systems are called  sāttvika  planets because they provide facilities for a long duration of life and relative freedom from disease and old age, as well as a sense of fearlessness. The great sages and saints are promoted beyond the heavenly planets to the Maharloka, but that also is not the place of complete fearlessness because at the end of one  kalpa  the Maharloka is annihilated and the inhabitants have to transport themselves to still higher planets. Yet even on these planets no one is immune from death. There may be a comparative extension of life, expansion of knowledge and sense of full bliss, but factual deathlessness, fearlessness and freedom from old age, diseases, etc., are only possible beyond the material spheres of the coverings of the material sky. Such things are situated on the head ( adhāyi mūrdhasu ).
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पादास्त्रयो बहिरुचासन्नप्रजानां य आश्रमाः ।
अन्तस्त्रिलोक्यास्त्वपरो गृहमेधोऽबृहद्वतः ॥२०॥
pādās trayo bahiś cāsann aprajānām ya āśramāḥ antas tri-lokyās tv aparo grha-medho 'bṛhad-vrataḥ
pādāḥ trayaḥ —the cosmos of three-fourths of the Lord's energy;  bahiḥ —thus situated beyond;  ca —and for all;  āsan —were;  aprajānām —of those who are not meant for rebirth;  ye —those;  āśramāḥ —status of life;  antaḥ —within;  tri-lokyāḥ —of the three worlds;  tu —but;  aparaḥ —others;  grha-medhaḥ —attached to family life;  abṛhat-vrataḥ —without strictly following a vow of celibacy.
TRANSLATION
The spiritual world, which consists of three-fourths of the Lord's energy, is situated beyond this material world, and it is especially meant for those who will never be reborn. Others, who are attached to family life and who do not strictly follow celibacy vows, must live within the three material worlds.