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Description of the Kingdom of God
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distinguish who is older than whom. The inhabitants of Vaikuṇṭha are decorated like the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Nārāyaṇa, with śaṅkha, cakra, gadā and padma (conch, wheel, club and lotus).
TEXT 28
मत्तद्विरेफवनमालिकया निवीतौ विन्यस्तयासितचतुष्टयशत्तुमध्ये । वक्त्रं भ्रुवा कुटिलया स्फुटनिर्गमाम्यां रक्तेक्षणेन च मनाग्रमसं दधानौ ॥२८॥
matta-dvirepha-vanamālikayā nivītau vinyastayāsita-catuṣṭaya-bāhu-madhye vaktram bhruvā kuṭilayā sphuṭa-nirgamābhyām raktekṣaṇena ca manāg rabhasam dadhānau
matta —intoxicated;  dvi-repha —bees;  vana-mālikayā —with a garland of fresh flowers;  nivītau —hanging on the neck;  vinyastayā —placed around;  asita —blue;  catuṣṭaya —four;  bāhu —hands;  madhye —between;  vaktram —face;  bhruvā —with their eyebrows;  kuṭilayā —arched;  sphuṭa —snorting;  nirgamābhyām —breathing;  rakta —reddish;  īkṣaṇena —with eyes;  ca —and;  manāk —somewhat;  rabhasam —agitated;  dadhānau —glanced over.
TRANSLATION
The two doormen were garlanded with fresh flowers which attracted intoxicated bees and which were placed around their necks and between their four blue hands. From their arched eyebrows, discontented nostrils and reddish eyes, they appeared somewhat agitated.
PURPORT
Their garlands attracted swarms of bees because they were garlands of fresh flowers. In the Vaikuṇṭha world everything is fresh, new and transcendental. The inhabitants of Vaikuṇṭha have bodies of bluish color and four hands like Nārāyaṇa.
TEXT 29
द्वार्येतयोर्निविविशुर्मिषतोरपृष्ठा पूर्वा यथा पुरटक्जकपाटिका याः । सर्वत्र तेऽविषमया मुनयः स्वदृष्ट्या ये सञ्चरन्त्यविहता विगतामिशङ्काः ॥२९॥