Text 13]
Answers by Citing the Lord's Version
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TRANSLATION
Some of them are effulgent like the coral and diamond in complexion and have garlands on their heads, blooming like the lotus flowers, and some wear earrings.
PURPORT
There are some inhabitants who have attained the liberation of  sārūpya , or possessing bodily features like that of the Personality of Godhead. The  vaidūrya  diamond is especially meant for the Personality of Godhead, but one who achieves the liberation of bodily equality with the Lord is especially favored with such diamonds on the body.
TEXT 13
भ्राजिष्णुभिर्यः परितो विराजते 
  लसद्विमानावलिभिर्महत्मनाम् । 
  विद्योतमानः प्रमदोत्तमाद्युभिः 
  सविद्युदभ्रावलिभिर्यथा नमः ॥१३॥
bhrājiṣṇubhir yaḥ parito virājate 
  lasad-vimānāvalibhir mahātmanām 
  vidyotamānaḥ pramadottamādyubhiḥ 
  sa-vidyud abhrāvalibhir yathā nabhaḥ
bhrājiṣṇubhiḥ—by the glowing; yaḥ—the Vaikuṇṭha-lokas; paritaḥ—surrounded by; virājate—thus situated; lasat—brilliant; vimāna—airplanes; avalibhiḥ—assemblage; mahā-ātmanām—of the great devotees of the Lord; vidyotamānaḥ—beautiful like the lightning; pramada—ladies; uttama—celestial; adyubhiḥ—by complexion; sa-vidyut—with electric lightning; abhrāvalibhiḥ—with clouds in the sky; yathā—as it were; nabhaḥ—the sky.
TRANSLATION
The Vaikuṇṭha planets are also surrounded by various airplanes, all glowing and brilliantly situated, belonging to the great mahātmās or devotees of the Lord. The ladies also are as beautiful as lightning because of