478 Srimad Bhagavatam [Canto 2, Ch. 9

Ssyama—sky -bluish; avadatah—glowing ; Sata-patra—lotus flower; locanah—
eyes; pisanga—yellowish; vastrah—clothing; su-rucah—greatly attractive;
su-pesasah—growing youthful; sarve—all of them; catuh—four; bahavah—
hands; unmisan—rising luster; mani—pearls; praveka—superior quality;
niska-abharanah—ornamental medallion; su-varcasah—effulgent.

TRANSLATION

The inhabitants of the Vaikuntha planets are described as having a
glowing sky-bluish complexion. Their eyes resemble the lotus flower, their
dress is of yellowish color and their bodily features very attractive. They
are just the age of growing youths, they all have four hands, they are all
nicely decorated with pearl necklaces with ornamental medallions, and
they all appear to be effulgent.

PURPORT

The inhabitants in Vaikunthaloka are all personalities with spiritual
bodily features not to be found in the material world. We can find the
descriptions in the revealed scriptures like Srimad-Bhagavatam. Impersonal
descriptions of transcendence in the scriptures indicate that the bodily
features in Vaikunthaloka are never to be seen in any part of the universe,
As there are different bodily features in different places of a particular
planet, or as there are different bodily features between bodies in different
planets, similarly the bodily features of the inhabitants in the Vaikuntha-
lokas are completely different from those in the material universe. For
example, the four hands are distinct from two hands in this world.

TEXT 12

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pravala-vaidiirya-mrndla-varcasah
parisphurat-kundala-mauli-mdlinah

pravala—coral; vaidirya—a special diamond; mrndla—celestial lotus;
varcasah—rays; parisphurat—blooming; kundala—earring ; mauli—heads; ma-
linah—with garlands.
