584 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 15
for the fulfillment of their own desires; their desires are fulfilled by render-
ing transcendental loving service to the Lord.
TEXT 15
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yatra cadyah puman aste
bhagavan sabda-gocarah
sattvam vistabhya virajam
svanam no mrdayan vursah
yatra—in the Vaikuntha planets; ca—and; adyah—original; puman—
person; aste—is there; bhagavan—the Supreme Personality of Godhead;
Sabda-gocarah—understood through the Vedic literature; sattvam—the
mode of goodness; vistabhya—accepting; virajam—uncontaminated; sva-
nam—of His own associates; nah—us; mrdayan—increasing happiness;
ursah—the personification of religious principles.
TRANSLATION
In the Vaikuntha planets is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is
the original person and who can be understood through the Vedic
literature. He is full of the uncontaminated mode of goodness, with no
place for passion or ignorance. He contributes religious progress for the
devotees.
PURPORT
The kingdom of the Supreme Personality of Godhead in the spiritual
sky cannot be understood by any process other than hearing from the de-
scription of the Vedas. No one can go and see it. In this material world
also, one who is unable to pay to go to a far distant place by motorized
conveyances can only understand about that place from authentic books.
Similarly, the Vaikuntha planets in the spiritual sky are beyond this mate-
rial sky. The modern scientists who are trying to travel in space are having
difficulty going even to the nearest planet, the moon, to say nothing of the
highest planets within the universe. There is no possibility that they can
go beyond the material sky, enter the spiritual sky and see for themselves
the spiritual planets, Vaikuntha. Therefore, the kingdom of God in the
spiritual sky can be understood only through the authentic descriptions of
the Vedas and Puranas.
