602 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 15
dvary etayor nivivisur misator aprstva
purva yatha purafta-vajra-kapatika yah
sarvatra te ‘visamaya munayah sva-dystya
ye saficaranty avihata vigatabhisankah
dvari—in the door; etayoh—both doorkeepers; nivivisuh—entered;
misatoh—while seeing; aprstva—without asking; purvah—as before; yatha—
as; purata—made of gold; vajra—and diamond; kapatikah—the doors; yah—
which; sarvatra—everywhere; te—they; avisamaya—without any sense of
discrimination; munayah—the great sages; sva-drstya—out of their own will;
ye—who; saficaranti—move; avihatah—without being checked; vigata—
without; abhisankah—doubt.
TRANSLATION
The great sages, headed by Sanaka, had opened doors everywhere. They
had no idea of ours and theirs. With open minds, they entered the seventh
door out of their own will, just as they had passed through the six other
doors, which were made of gold and diamonds.
PURPORT
The great sages—namely, Sanaka, Sanatana, Sanandana, and Sanat-
kumara—although very old in years, maintained themselves eternally as
small children. They were not at all duplicitous, and they entered the doors
exactly as little children enter places without any idea of what it is to
trespass. That is a child’s nature. A child can enter any place, and no one
checks him. Indeed, a child is generally welcome in his attempts to go
places, but if it so happens that a child is checked from entering a door, he
naturally becomes very sorry and angry. That is the nature of a child. In
this case, the same thing happened. The childlike saintly personalities
entered all the six doors of the palace, and no one checked them; therefore
when they attempted to enter the seventh door and were forbidden by the
doormen, who checked them with their sticks, they naturally became very
angry and sorrowful. An ordinary child would cry, but because these were
not ordinary children, they immediately made preparations to punish the
doormen, for the doormen had committed a great offense. Even to this
day a saintly person is never checked from entering anyone’s door in India.
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