Text 11] Answers by Citing the Lord’s Version 477
ciated members there are free to go everywhere within the creation of the
Lord, and there is no limit to such creation, particularly in the region of
the three-fourths magnitude. Since the nature of that region is unlimited,
there is no history of such association, nor is there end of it.

The conclusion may be drawn that because of the complete absence of
the mundane qualities of ignorance and passion, there is no question of
creation nor of annihilation. In the material world everything is created
and everything is annihilated, and the duration of life between the creation
and annihilation is temporary. In the transcendental realm there is no
creation and no destruction, and thus the duration of life is eternal un-
limitedly. In other words, everything in the transcendental world is cver-
lasting, full of knowledge and bliss without any deterioration. Since there
is no deterioration, there is no past, present and future in the estimation of
time. It is clearly stated in this verse that the influence of time is con-
spicuous by its absence. The whole material existence is manifested by
actions and reactions of elements which make the influence of time
prominent in the matter of past, present and future. There are no such
actions and reactions of cause and effects there, so the cycle of birth,
growth, existence, transformations, deterioration and annihilation, or the
six material changes, are not existent there. It is the unalloyed manifesta-
tion of the energy of the Lord without any illusion as experienced here in
the material world. The whole Vaikuntha existence proclaims that every one
there is a follower of the Lord. The Lord is the chief leader there without
any competition of leadership, and the people in general are all followers
of the Lord. It is confirmed in the Vedas, therefore, that the Lord is the
chief leader, and all other living entities are subordinate to Him, as only
the Lord satisfies all the needs of all other living entities.

TEXT 11
asta: ae AIA: |
at aaaler ofaaeafir
TTR AMTMN: = BAA ZI
§yamavadalah sata-patra-locanah
pisanga-vastrah su-rucah su-pesasah
sarve catur-bahava unmisan-mani-
praveka-niskabharanah su-varcasah
