Text 37] The Supreme Lord Is Equal to Everyone
49
ādayaḥ —Sanandana and the others;  jagmuḥ —went;  carantaḥ —traveling about;  bhuvana-trayam —the three worlds.
TRANSLATION
The great saint Nārada said: Once upon a time when the four sons of Lord Brahmā named Sanaka, Sanandana, Sanātana and Sanat-kumāra were wandering throughout the three worlds, they came by chance to Viṣṇuloka.
TEXT 37
पञ्चषड्वायनार्मामाः पूर्वेषामपि पूर्वजाः । दिग्वाससःशिशून् मत्वा द्वाःस्थौ तान् प्रत्यपेधताम् ॥ ३७॥
pañca-ṣaḍḍhāyanārbhābhāḥ pūrveṣām api pūrvajāḥ dig-vāsasaḥ śiśūn matvā dvāḥ-sthau tān pratyaṣedhatām
pañca-ṣaṭ-dhā —five or six years;  āyana —approaching;  arbha-ābhāḥ —like boys;  pūrveṣām —the ancients of the universe (Marici and the rest);  api —even though;  pūrva-jāḥ —born before;  dik-vāsasaḥ —being naked;  śiśūn —children;  matvā —thinking;  dvāḥ-sthau —the two gate guards, Jaya and Vijaya;  tān —them;  pratyaṣedhatām —forbade.
TRANSLATION
Although these four great sages were older than Brahmā's other sons like Marici, they appeared like small naked children only five or six years old. When Jaya and Vijaya saw them trying to enter Vaikuṇṭhaloka, these two gatekeepers, thinking them ordinary children, forbade them to enter.
PURPORT
In this regard, Śrila Madhvācārya says in his  Tantra-sāra :
dvāḥ-sthāv ity anenādhikāra-sthatvam uktam