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Description of the Kingdom of God
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crystal;  kuḍye —walls;  upeta —mixed;  hemni —gold;  sammārjatī iva —appearing like a sweeper;  yat-anugrahaṇe —to receive her favor;  anya —others';  yatnaḥ —very much careful.
TRANSLATION
The ladies in the Vaikuṇṭha planets are as beautiful as the goddess of fortune herself. Such transcendentally beautiful ladies, their hands playing with lotuses and their leg bangles tinkling, are sometimes seen sweeping the marble walls, which are bedecked at intervals with golden borders, in order to receive the grace of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
PURPORT
In the  Brahma-saṁhitā  it is stated that the Supreme Lord, Govinda, is always served in His abode by many, many millions of goddesses of fortune.  Lakṣmī-sahasra-śata-sambhrama-sevyamānam . These millions and trillions of goddesses of fortune who reside in the Vaikuṇṭha planets are not exactly consorts of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but are the wives of the devotees of the Lord and also engaged in the service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. It is stated here that in the Vaikuṇṭha planets the houses are made of marble. Similarly, in the  Brahma-saṁhitā  it is stated that the ground on the Vaikuṇṭha planets is made of touchstone. Thus there is no need to sweep the stone in Vaikuṇṭha, for there is hardly any dust on it, but still, in order to satisfy the Lord, the ladies there always engage in dusting the marble walls. Why? The reason is that they are eager to achieve the grace of the Lord by doing so.
It is also stated here that in the Vaikuṇṭha planets the goddesses of fortune are faultless. Generally the goddess of fortune does not remain steadily in one place. Her name is  Cañcalā , which means one who is not steady. We find, therefore, that a man who is very rich may become the poorest of the poor. Another example is  Rāvaṇa .  Rāvaṇa  took away  Lakṣmī ,  Sītājī , to his kingdom, and instead of being happy by the grace of  Lakṣmī , his family and his kingdom were vanquished. Thus  Lakṣmī  in the house of  Rāvaṇa  is  Cañcalā , or unsteady. Men of  Rāvaṇa 's class want  Lakṣmī  only, without her husband,  Nārāyaṇa ; therefore they become unsteady due to  Lakṣmījī . Materialistic persons find fault on the part of  Lakṣmī , but in Vaikuṇṭha  Lakṣmījī  is fixed in the service of the Lord. In spite of her being the goddess of fortune, she cannot be happy without the grace of the Lord. Even the goddess of fortune needs the Lord's grace in order to be happy, yet in the material world even  Brahmā , the highest created being, seeks the favor of  Lakṣmī  for happiness.