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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[ Canto 3, Ch. 15 ]
tābhyām miṣatsv animiṣeṣu niṣidhyamānāḥ sv-arhattamā hy api hareḥ pratihāra-pābhyām ūcuḥ suhṛttama-didṛkṣita-bhaṅga īṣat- kāmānujena sahasā ta upaplutākṣāḥ
tābhyām—by those two porters; miṣatsu—while looking on; animiṣeṣu—demigods living in Vaikuṇṭha; niṣidhyamānāḥ—being forbidden; su-arhattamāḥ—by far the fittest persons; hi api—although; hareḥ—of Hari, the Supreme Personality of Godhead; pratihāra-pābhyām—by the two doorkeepers; ūcuḥ—said; suhṛttama—most beloved; didṛkṣita—eagerness to see; bhaṅge—hindrance; īṣat—slight; kāma-anujena—by the younger brother of lust (anger); sahasā—suddenly; te—those great sages; upapluta—agitated; akṣāḥ—eyes.
TRANSLATION
Although they were by far the fittest persons, when the Kumāras were thus forbidden entrance by the two chief doorkeepers of Śrī Hari while other divinities looked on, their eyes suddenly turned red because of anger due to their great eagerness to see their most beloved master, Śrī Hari, the Personality of Godhead.
PURPORT
According to the Vedic system, a  sannyāsī , a person in the renounced order of life, is dressed in saffron colored garments. This saffron dress is practically a passport for the mendicant and  sannyāsī  to go anywhere. The  sannyāsī 's duty is to enlighten people in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Those in the renounced order of life have no other business but preaching the glories and supremacy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore the Vedic sociological conception is that a  sannyāsī  should not be restricted; he is allowed to go anywhere and everywhere he wants, and he is not refused any gift he might demand from a householder. The four Kumāras came to see the Supreme Personality of Godhead Nārāyaṇa. The word  suhṛttama , "best of all friends," is important. As Lord Kṛṣṇa states in the  Bhagavad-gītā , He is the best friend of all living entities.  Suhṛdam sarva-bhūtānām . No one can be a greater well-wishing friend to any living entity than the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He is so kindly disposed towards everyone that in spite of our completely forgetting our relationship with the Supreme Lord, He comes Himself—sometimes personally, as Lord Kṛṣṇa appeared on this earth, and sometimes as His devotee, as did Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu—and sometimes He sends His bona fide devotees to reclaim all the fallen souls. Therefore, He is the greatest well-wishing friend of everyone, and the Kumāras wanted to see Him. The doorkeepers