Text 31] Description of the Kingdom of God 603

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tan viksya vata-rasanams caturah kumaran
urddhan dasardha-vayaso viditatma-tattvan

vetrena caskhalayatam atad-arhanams tau
tejo vihasya bhagavat-pratikiila-silau

tan—them; viksya—after seeing; vdta-rasandn—naked; calurah—four;
kumaran—boys; vrddhan—aged; dasa-ardha—five years; vayasah—appear-
ing as of the age; vidita—had realized; atma-tattvan—the truth of the self;
vetrena—with their staffs; ca—also; askhalayatam—forbade; a-tat-arhanan—
not deserving such from them; tau—those two porters; tejah—glories;
vihasya— disregarding the etiquette; bhagavat-pratikula-silau—having a nature
displeasing to the Lord.

TRANSLATION

The four boy sages, who had nothing to cover their bodies but the
atmosphere, looked only five years old, even though they were the oldest
of all living creatures and had realized the truth of the self. But when the
porters, who happened to possess a disposition which was quite unpalat-
able to the Lord, saw the sages, they blocked their way with their staffs,
despising their glories, although the sages did not deserve such treatment
at their hands.

PURPORT

The four sages were the first-born sons of Brahma. Therefore all other
living entities, including Lord Siva, are born later and are therefore younger
than the four Kumaras. Although they looked like five-year-old boys and
traveled naked, the Kumaras were older than all other living creatures and
had realized the truth of the self. Such saints were not to be forbidden to
enter the kingdom of Vaikuntha, but by chance the doormen objected to
their entrance. This was not fitting. The Lord is always anxious to serve
sages like the Kumaras, but in spite of knowing this fact, the doormen,
astonishingly and outrageously, prohibited them from entering.

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