Text 18] Description of the Kingdom of God 587
tual sky with their sweethearts. There is a breeze carrying the fragrance of
blossoming flowers, and this breeze is so nice that it also carries the honey
of the flowers. The inhabitants of Vaikuntha, however, are so interested in
glorifying the Lord that they do not like the disturbance of such a nice
breeze while they are chanting the Lord’s glories. In other words, they are
pure devotees. They consider glorification of the Lord more important
than their own sense gratification. In the Vaikuntha planets there is no
question of sense gratification. To smell the fragrance of a blossoming
flower is certainly very nice, but it is simply for sense gratification. The
inhabitants of Vaikuntha give first preference to the service of the Lord,
not their own sense gratification. Serving the Lord in transcendental love
yields such transcendental pleasure that, in comparison, sense gratification
is counted as insignificant.
TEXT 18
MAM VITA AH ITH-
THETA ar afaieaey a: |
Smet aftwenties TTA RCI
paravatanyabhrta-sarasa-cakravaka-
datyuha-hamsa-suka-tittiri-barhinam yah
kolahalo viramate ‘cira-matram uccair
bhrigadhipe hari-katham iva gayamane
paravata—pigeons; anyabhrta—cuckoo; sarasa—crane; cakravaka—cakra-
vaka; datyuha—a gallinule; harhsa—swan; suka—parrot; tittiri— partridge;
barhinam-—of the peacock; yah—which; kolahalah—tumullt; viramate—stops;
acira-matram—temporarily; uccath--loudly; bhrriga-adhipe—king of the
bumblebees; hari-kathdm—the glories of the Lord; iva—as; gayamane—
while singing.
TRANSLATION
When the king of bees hums in a high pitch, singing the glories of the

Lord, there is a temporary lull in the noise of the pigeon, the cuckoo, the
crane, the cakravaka, the swan, the parrot, the partridge and the peacock.
Such transcendental birds-stop their own singing simply to hear the glories
of the Lord.
