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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 15]
PURPORT
This verse reveals the absolute nature of Vaikuṇṭha. There is no difference between the birds there and the human residents. The situation in the spiritual sky is that everything is spiritual and variegated. Spiritual variegatedness means that everything is animate. There is nothing inanimate. Even the trees, the ground, the plants, the flowers, the birds and the beasts are all on the level of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. The special feature of Vaikuṇṭhaloka is that there is no question of sense gratification. In the material world even an ass enjoys his sound vibration, but in the Vaikuṇṭhas such nice birds as the peacock, the  cakravāka  and the cuckoo prefer to hear the vibration of the glories of the Lord from the bees. The principles of devotional service, beginning with hearing and chanting, are very prominent in the Vaikuṇṭha world.
TEXT 19
मन्दारकुन्दकुरबोत्पलचम्पकार्ण-
पुष्पागनागबकुलाम्बुजपारिजाताः ।
गन्धे ऽर्चिते तुलसिकामरणेन तस्या
यस्मिन्तपः सुमनसो बहु मानयन्ति ॥१९॥
mandāra-kunda-kurabotpala-campakārṇa- punnāga-nāga-bakulāmbuja-pārijātāḥ gandhe 'rcite tulasikābharaṇena tasyā yasmins tapaḥ su-manaso bahu mānayanti
mandāra—mandāra; kunda—kunda; kuraba—kuraba; utpala—utpala; campaka—campaka; arṇa—arṇa flower; punnāga—punnāga; nāga—nāga- keśara; bakula—bakula; ambuja—lily; pārijātāḥ—pārijāta; gandhe—fragrance; arcite—being worshiped; tulasikā—tulasī; ābharaṇena—with a garland; tasyāḥ—of her; yasmin—in which Vaikuṇṭha; tapaḥ—austerity; su-manasaḥ— good-minded, Vaikuṇṭha-minded; bahu—very much; mānayanti—glorify.
TRANSLATION
Although flowering plants like the mandāra, kunda, kurabaka, utpala, campaka, arṇa, punnāga, nāgakeśara, bakula, lily and pārijāta are full of transcendental fragrance, they are still conscious of the austerities performed by tulasī because tulasī is given special preference by the Lord, who garlands Himself with tulasī leaves.