Text 33]
Description of the Kingdom of God
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The Kumāras concluded that the only reason for the doormen's checking them was that the doormen themselves were imposters.
TEXT 33
न हन्तरं मगवतीह समस्तकुशा- वात्मानमात्मनि नभो नभसीव धीराः। पश्यन्ति यत्र युवयोः सुरलिङ्गिनोः किं व्युत्पादितं ह्युदरभेदि भयं यतोऽस्य ॥३३॥
na hy antaram bhagavatīha samasta-kukṣāv ātmānam ātmani nabho nabhasīva dhīrāḥ paśyanti yatra yuvayoḥ sura-liṅginoḥ kim vyutpāditam hy udara-bhedi bhayam yato'sya
na—not; hi—because; antaram—distinction; bhagavati—in the Supreme Personality of Godhead; iha—here; samasta-kukṣau—everything is within the abdomen; ātmānam—the living entity; ātmani—in the Supersoul; nabhaḥ—the small quantity of air; nabhasi—within the whole air; iva—as; dhīrāḥ—the learned; paśyanti—see; yatra—in whom; yuvayoḥ—of you two; sura-liṅginoḥ—dressed like inhabitants of Vaikuṇṭha; kim—how; vyutpāditam—awakened, developed; hi—certainly; udara-bhedi—distinction between the body and the soul; bhayam—fearfulness; yataḥ—wherefrom; asya—of the Supreme Lord.
TRANSLATION
In the Vaikuṇṭha world there is complete harmony between the residents and the Supreme Personality of Godhead, just as there is complete harmony within space between the big and the small skies. Why then is there a seed of fear in this field of harmony? These two persons are dressed like inhabitants of Vaikuṇṭha, but wherefrom can their disharmony come into existence?
PURPORT
Just as there are different departments in each state in this material world, the civil department and the criminal department, so, in God's creation, there are two departments of existence. As in the material world we find that the criminal department is far, far smaller than the civil department, so this material world, which is considered the criminal department, is one-fourth of the entire creation of the Lord. All living entities who are residents of the material universes are considered to be more or less criminals because they do not wish to abide by the order of the Lord or they are against the harmonious activities of God's will. The