Text 20] Description of the Kingdom of God 589

PURPORT

The importance of tulasi leaves is very clearly mentioned here. Tulasi
plants and their leaves are very important in devotional service. Devotees
are recommended to water the tulasi tree every day and collect the leaves
to worship the Lord. One time an atheist svami remarked, ‘‘What is the use
of watering the tulasi plant? It is better to water eggplant. By watering the
eggplant one can get some fruits, but what is the use of watering the
tulasi?” These foolish creatures, unacquainted with devotional service,
sometimes play havoc with the education of people in general.

The most important thing about the spiritual world is that there is no
envy among the devotees there. This is true even among the flowers, which
are all conscious of the greatness of tulasi. In the Vaikuntha world entered

by the four Kumaras, even the birds and flowers are conscious of service to
the Lord.

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yat sankulam hari-paddanati-matra-drsfair
vairdurya-marakata-hema-mayair vimanaih

yesam brhat-kati-tatah smita-sobhi-mukhyah
krsnatmanam na raja adadhur utsmayadyath

yat—that Vaikuntha abode; sankulam—is pervaded; hari-pada—at the two
lotus feet of Hari, the Supreme Personality of Godhead; anati—by obei-
sances; matra—simply; drstaih—are obtained; vaiduirya—lapis lazuli; mara-
kata—emeralds; hema—gold; mayaih—made of; vimanaih—with airplanes;
yesam—of those passengers; brhat—large; kati-tatah—hips; smita—smiling;
Sobhi—beautiful; mukhyah —faces; krsna—in Krsna; atmanam—whose minds
are absorbed; na—not; rajah—sex desire; adadhuh—stimulate; utsmaya-
adyaih—by intimate friendly dealings, laughing and joking.

TRANSLATION

The inhabitants of Vaikuntha travel in their airplanes made of lapis
lazuli, emerald and gold. Although crowded by their consorts, who have
