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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 16]
PURPORT
It is clear from this verse that all the incidents took place at the entrance of Vaikuṇṭhaloka. In other words, the sages were not actually within Vaikuṇṭhaloka, but were at the gate. It could be asked, “How could they return to the material world again if they entered Vaikuṇṭhaloka?” But factually they did not enter, and therefore they returned. There are many similar incidents where great  yogīs  and  brāhmaṇas , by dint of their  yoga  practice, have gone from this material world to Vaikuṇṭhaloka—but they were not meant to stay there. They came back again. It is also confirmed here that the Lord was surrounded by many Vaikuṇṭha airplanes. Vaikuṇṭhaloka is described here as having splendid opulence, far surpassing the splendor of this material world.
All other living creatures, including the demigods, are born of Brahmā, and Brahmā is born of Lord Viṣṇu. Kṛṣṇa states in  Bhagavad-gītā , in the Tenth Chapter,  aham sarvasya prabhavaḥ : Lord Viṣṇu is the origin of all manifestations in the material world. Those who know that Lord Viṣṇu is the origin of everything, who are conversant with the process of creation and who understand that Viṣṇu or Kṛṣṇa is the most worshipable object of all living entities, engage themselves in Viṣṇu worship as Vaiṣṇavas. The Vedic hymns also confirm this:  om tad viṣṇoḥ paramam padam . The goal of life is to understand Viṣṇu. The  Bhāgavatam  also confirms this elsewhere. Foolish people, not knowing that Viṣṇu is the supreme worshipable object, create so many worshipable objects in this material world, and therefore they fall down.
TEXT 33
तौ तु गीर्वाणऋषभौ दुस्तराद्धरिलोकतः । हतश्रियौ ब्रह्मशापादभूतां विगतस्मयां ॥३३॥
tau tu gīrvāṇa-ṛṣabhau dustarād dhari-lokataḥ hata-śriyau brahma-śāpād abhūtām vigata-smayau
tau —those two gatekeepers;  tu —but;  gīrvāṇa-ṛṣabhau —the best of the demigods;  dustarāt —unable to be avoided;  hari-lokataḥ —from Vaikuṇṭha, the abode of Lord Hari;  hata-śriyau —diminished in beauty and luster;  brahma-śāpāt —from the curse of a  brāhmaṇa ;  abhūtām —became;  vigata-smayau —morose.