Text 22] Appearance of Sukadeva Gosvami 1011
PURPORT

Beyond the limitation of the material creation, which is compared to
the cloud in the sky, there is the Paravyoma, or the spiritual sky, full of
planets called Vaikunthas. Such Vaikuntha planets are also differently
known as the Purusottamaloka, Acyutaloka, Trivikramaloka, Hrsikega-
loka, Kegavaloka, Aniruddhaloka, Madhavaloka, Pradyumnaloka,
Sankarsanaloka, Sridharaloka, Vasudevaloka, Ayodhyaloka, Dvaraka-
loka, and many other millions of spiritual lokas wherein the Personality
of Godhead predominates; and all the living entities there are liberated
souls with spiritual bodies as good as that of the Lord. There is no material
contamination; everything there is spiritual, and therefore there is nothing
objectively lamentable. They are full of transcendental bliss, and are
without birth, death, old age and disease. And amongst all the above-
mentioned Vaikunthalokas, there is one supreme loka called Goloka
Vrndavana, which is the abode of the Lord Sri Krsna and His specific
associates. Maharaja Pariksit was destined to achieve this particular loka,
and the great rsis assembled there could foresee this. All of them consulted
amongst themselves about the great departure of the great King, and they
wanted to see him up to the last moment because they would no more be
able to see such a great devotee of the Lord. When a great devotee of the
Lord passes away, there is nothing to be lamented because the devotee is
destined to enter into the kingdom of God. But the sorry plight is that
such great devotees leave our sight, and therefore there is every reason to
be sorry. As the Lord is rarely to be seen by our present eyes, so also are
the great devotees. The great rgis, therefore, correctly decided to remain
on the spot till the last moment.

TEXT 22
ara reas: Tifa
Sere
TANITA —- THT
pratt Fea: RR
asrutya tad rsi-gana-vacah pariksit
samam madhu-cyud guru cavyalikam
abhasatainan abhinandya yuktan
Susrusamanas caritani visnoh
