758 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 1, Ch. 14

spiritual sky generally known as the effulgence of Brahman. Within this
effulgence there are innumerable spiritual planets, and they are known as
the Vaikuntha planets. Each and every Vaikuntha planet is many, many
times bigger than the biggest universe within the material world, and in
each of them there are innumerable prototypes of Visnu inhabitants who
look exactly like Lord Visnu. These inhabitants are known as the Maha-
paurusikas, or persons directly engaged in the service of the Lord. They
are happy in those planets and are without any kind of misery, and they
live perpetually in full youthfulness, enjoying life in full bliss and knowledge
without fear of birth, death, old age or disease, and without the influence
of kala, eternal time. Maharaja Yudhisthira has compared the inhabitants
of Dvaraka to the Mahapaurusikas of Vaikunthaloka because they are so
happy with the Lord. In the Bhagavad-gita there are many references to
the Vaikunthalokas, and they are mentioned there as Mad-dhama, or the
kingdom of the Lord.

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yat-pada-susrusana-mukhya-karmana
satyadayo dvyasta-sahasra-yositah

nirjitya sankhye tridasams tad-asiso
haranti vajrayudha-vallabhocitah

yat—whose; pida—feet; susrisana—administration of comforts; mukhya
—the most important; karmapa—by the acts of; satyd-adayah—queens
headed by Satyabhama; dvyasfa—twice eight; sahasra—thousand; yositah—
the fair sex; nirjitya—by subduing; sankhye—in the battle; tridasan—of the
denizens of heaven; tat-asisah—what is enjoyed by the demigods; haranti—
do take away; vajra-dyudha-vallabha—the wives of the personality who
controls the thunderbolt; ucitah—deserving.

TRANSLATION

The queens at Dvaraka, headed by Satyabhama, simply by administer-
ing comforts at the lotus feet of the Lord, which is the most important of
