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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 15]
idea of what the constitutional position is in the higher material planets, which are far better constituted in regard to all paraphernalia, yet the Vaikuṇṭha planet is so pleasing and so celestial that it is compared to the middle jewel or locket in a necklace of jewels.
In this verse the words  spṛhaṇīya-dhāma  indicate that the Lord is the reservoir of all pleasure because He has all the transcendental qualities. Although only some of these are aspired for by persons who hanker after the pleasure of merging in the impersonal Brahman, there are other aspirants who want to associate with the Lord personally as His servants. The Lord is so kind that He gives shelter to everyone—both impersonalists and devotees. He gives shelter to the impersonalists in His impersonal Brahman effulgence, whereas He gives shelter to the devotees in His personal abodes known as the Vaikuṇṭhalokas. He is especially inclined to His devotee; He touches the core of the heart of the devotee simply by smiling and glancing over him. The Lord is always served in the Vaikuṇṭhaloka by many hundreds and thousands of goddesses of fortune, as stated by the  Brahma-saṁhitā  ( lakṣmī-sahasra-śata-sambhrama-sevyamānam ). In this material world, one is glorified if he is favored even a pinch by the goddess of fortune, so we can simply imagine how glorified is the kingdom of God in the spiritual world, where many hundreds and thousands of goddesses of fortune engage in the direct service of the Lord. Another feature of this verse is that it openly declares where the Vaikuṇṭhalokas are situated. They are situated as the summit of all the heavenly planets, which are above the sun globe, at the upper limit of the universe, and are known as Satyaloka, or Brahmaloka. The spiritual world is situated beyond the universe. Therefore it is stated here that the spiritual world, Vaikuṇṭhaloka, is the summit of all planetary systems.
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पीतांशुके पृथुनितम्बिनि विस्फुरन्त्या
काञ्च्यालिमिर्विरुतया वनमालया च ।
वल्युप्रकोष्ठवलयं विनतासुतांसे
विन्यस्तहस्तमितरेण घुनानमञ्जम् ॥४०॥
pītāmśuke pṛthu-nitambini visphurantyā
kāñcyālibhir virutayā vana-mālayā ca
valgu-prakoṣṭha-valayam vinatā-sutāmśe
vinyasta-hastam itareṇa dhunānam abjam
pīta-amśuke —covered with a yellow cloth;  pṛthu-nitambini —on His large hips;  visphurantyā —shining brightly;  kāñcyā —with a girdle;  alibhiḥ —